Japan

Arely F.

Food

• The word for meals is “gohan”

• Rice is a important is meal in Japan

• They eat white rice , fish, and meat

• They usually eat vegetables

Housing• If you enter the house you have to take

off your shoes and put on slippers on• Houses in Japan are made of wood

pillars • Unlike Western houses Japan homes

there floors are tatami floors.

Clothes

• They wear robes that are called “Kimonos”

• When children go to school they wear normal clothes

Culture

• The word for makeup is “Kumadori”

• They do performances with singing musical accompaniment a lot

• The word for singing is Hayashi

Education

• In Japan elementary schools last for 6 years

• Middle school lasts for 3 years

• High schools last for 3 years

• Universities last for 4 years

Government• In Japan the 3

branches are legislative, executive, and judicial

• The Diet comprises has 480 seats

Map of Japan

• There are about 127 million people in Japan

• There are about 332 people per square in Japan

Money

• The word for money is yen

• There are four kinds of bills (10,000 yen, 5,000 yen, 2,000 yen 1,000 yen) and six kinds of coins (500 yen, 100 yen, 50 yen, 10 yen, 5 yen, 1 yen) used.

Location• Japan consists of

several thousands of islands, of which Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu and Shikoku are the four largest

• Japan's closest neighbors are Korea, Russia and China. The Sea of Japan separates the Asian continent from the Japanese archipelago.

Landmarks/Historical Places

• Stone Age People lived by hunting and gathering

• Jomon Period Permanent settlement began; people use polished stone tools and earthenware

What I Learned

• I learned that they have different school schedules than we have here.

• They have different money than we do.

• They have different buildings.

• They have a lot of differences compared to us.

• But they have a lot in common with us as well.