JAPAN

Where is Japan?

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Australia

We’re here

Japan

The equator

The Southern Hemisphere

The Northern Hemisphere

How far is it between Australia and Japan?

It takes about 9 hours to from Sydney to Tokyo by plane. The plane travels about 900 km per hour.

Let’s work out how many kilometers it is from Sydney to Tokyo.

(Japanese Culture Resources and Activities, Nelson Thomson Learning P.2)

9hours X 900km = 8,100km

How big do you think Japan is?

The area of Australia is 21 times larger than the area of Japan. Look at the way the map of Japan fits into the map of Australia.

The area of Australia is

8,000,000 sq km

The area of Japan is

380,000 sq km

(Japanese Culture Resources and Activities, Nelson Thomson Learning P.1)

How many people live in Japan?

(World Population Review:http://worldpopulationreview.com/)

The population of Australia is 23million (2014:23,344,735)

The population of Japan is

127million(2014:126,981,371)

About 5.5 times more people live in Japan than live in Australia!!!

Do you know?

Japan is an island group (archipelago) of 6,852 islands.

(Japan Talk: Japan Travel and Culture Guide: http://www.japan-talk.com/jt/new/how-many-islands-are-there-in-Japan)

There are four main islands in Japan: Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu and Shikoku.

Honshu

Hokkaido

Kyushu Shikoku

Honshu is the main island and the location of the capital city of Japan, Tokyo. Hokkaido is Japan's second largest island. It is north of Honshu. Kyushu and Shikoku are close to the south of Honshu. Japan also has a chain of tropical islands to the south called the Ryukyu Islands. The biggest island here is called Okinawa.

(Japan Talk: Japan Travel and Culture Guide: http://www.japan-talk.com/jt/new/how-many-islands-are-there-in-Japan)

OkinawaTokyo

How many states and territories does Australia have?

Australia has 6 states:

1. Queensland (QLD)2. New South Wales (NSW)3. Victoria (VIC)4. South Australia (SA) 5. Western Australia (WA)6. Tasmania (TAS)

There are two mainland territories:

1. Australian Capital Territory (ACT)2. Northern Territory (NT)

How many states and territories do you think Japan has?

The 47 prefectures of Japan

Hokkaido1. Hokkaido

Tohoku2. Aomori3. Iwate4. Miyagi5. Akita6. Yamagata7. Fukushima Kanto8. Ibaraki9. Tochigi10. Gunma11. Saitama12. Chiba13. Tokyo14. Kanagawa Chubu15. Niigata16. Toyama17. Ishikawa18. Fukui19. Yamanashi20. Nagano21. Gifu22.Shizuoka23. Aichi 

Kansai24. Mie25. Shiga26. Kyoto27. Osaka28. Hyogo29. Nara30. Wakayama Chugoku31. Tottori32. Shimane33. Okayama34. Hiroshima35. Yamaguchi Shikoku36. Tokushima37. Kagawa38. Ehime39. Kochi 

Kyushu40. Fukuoka41. Saga42. Nagasaki43. Kumamoto44. Oita45. Miyazaki46. Kagoshima Okinawa47. Okinawa

The prefectures are also often grouped into 9 regions.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefectures_of_Japan)

Let’s travel to Japan!

The Sapporo Snow Festival One of Japan's largest winter events in February.Every winter, about 2 million people come to Sapporo to see a large number of splendid snow and ice sculptures.

Sapporo

Tokyo

The capital of JapanAria: 2,188 sq kmPopulation: 13.23 million

Tokyo Tower &Tokyo

SkytreeTokyo Tower: Built in 1958 Height 333mTokyo Skytree: Built in 2012 Height 634m

A Pedestrian scramble in ShibuyaOne of the world's most heavily used pedestrian scrambles, at Hachiko Square in Shibuya, Tokyo. Over 2 million people per day use this crossing.

Shizuoka

Mt. FujiMt. Fuji is the highest mountain in Japan at 3,776.24m. Mt. Fuji was added to the World Heritage List as a Cultural Site on 22nd June 2013.

KyotoKyoto is formerly the imperial capital of Japan for more than 1,000 years.

Kyoto

Hiroshima

Nagasaki

An atomic bombing of HiroshimaThe atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on 6th August 1945. 90,000–166,000 people were killed in Hiroshima.

The Atomic Bomb Dome is part of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996.

An atomic bombing of NagasakiThe atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki on 9th August 1945. 60,000 to 80,000 people were killed in Nagasaki.

Which part of Japan are you interested in travelling to?

peach (momo in Japanese)

Obaasan – Grandmother in Japanese

Ojjisan – Grandfather in Japanese

Kibi dango – sweet dumplings made from sugar, rice flour and tofu

Ogre (oni in Japanese)Other words for ogre include monster and demon.

pheasant

bowing

Oni in Traditional CultureOni are prominently

featured in the Japanese children's story Momotaro (Peach Boy),

Setsuban (Bean Throwing) FestivalSome villages hold yearly ceremonies to drive away oni, particularly at the beginning of Spring. During the Setsuban festival, people throw soybeans outside their homes and shout "Oni wa soto! Fuku wa uchi!" ("鬼は外！福は内！ " " Oni go out! Blessings come in!").

A supermarket shelf with masks, roasted soybeans and other materials for the festival.

Oni in Popular Culture

King Yemma from Dragon Ball Z

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Digimon

Electabuzz

Sawk

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