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Some informations about Japan

• Population : 127,3 million (based on 2013)

• Area : 377.944 km²• Continent : Asia• Capital : Tokyo• Currency : Yen (¥)• Emperor : Akihito (since 1989)

• Literacy rate : %99.9• Government of Japan : Constitutional

monarchy

Imperial Seal Government Seal Of Japan

Climate and Geography

• Japan has a total of 6,852 extending along the Pacific coast of East Asia.

• About 73 percent of Japan is forested, mountainous, and unsuitable for agricultural, industrial or residential use.

• The climate of Japan is predominantaly temperate , but changes from north to south.

Sagano Bamboo Forest

Numbers • The average winter temperature in Japan is

5.1 °C and the average summer temperature is 25.2 °C

• The highest temperature ever measured in Japan 40.9 °C was recorded on August 16 , 2007

The Japanese macaques at Jigokudani hot spring are notable for visiting the spa in the winter.

Traditional Days

• January 3 : Setsubun• March 3 : Hina Matsuri – Momo no Sekku• July 7 : Tanabata• September 15 : Şiçi Goo San• December 31 : Oo-Misoka

Traditional Clothes The Japanese kimono and the yukata are two of the most commonly worn garments in the country. A kimono is a full-length robe made of silk , worn by both men and women. While men have a simple black or brown-colored kimono , there are different designs of this for women. Traditionally , an unmarried woman wears a furisode kimono. A woman chooses one depending on various factors such as her age , marital status , type and color of the garment used , its symbolism and the sort of occasion. For funerals black kimono for both sexes.

• The yukata is also part of Japanese traditional clothing , and can be considered as a casual version of the kimono. People generally wear kimono after bathing , which is a common sight at traditional Japanese inns are made from fabrics like cotton.

SUMO

Sumo is a competitive full-contact wrestling sport where a rikishi(wrestler) attempts to force another wrestler out of a circular ring or to touch the ground with anything other than the soles of the feet. The sport originated in Japan , the only country where it is practiced professionally. Most sumo wrestlers are required to live in communal ‘sumo training stables’, known in Japanese as heya ,where all aspects of their daily lives from meals to their manner of dress are dictated by strict tradition.

Japanese Cuisine

• Japanese vegetable salads are often add seafood.

• Tempura battered and deep fried seafood and vegetables.

• Yakitori grilled chicken.• Natto Japanese soybean based vegeterian

food.• Udon and Soba noodles• Osechi new year special dishes in three tiered

box.

SUSHİ RİCE AND STİCK

Type : Broadcast television networkOwner : Fuji Television Network,Inc

Industry : Information and CommunicationOwner : Sony Communication Network CorporationType : Business Corporation

Owner : Sony Music Entertainment

Most clicked website in Japan

• Sahu.com Japanese advertising , search engine , online multiplayer game is a site that offers the service.

First three newspapers in Japan

1) Yomiuri Shimbun (10,077,410)2) Asahi Shimbun (8,284,513)3) Mainichi Shimbun (3,957,410)Moreover , largest circulation newspapers of the world are them.

Everyone has heard of the traditional Japanese bow used as a greeting during any given exchange. Though handshakes are perfectly common in japan now, to the western mindset, this style of adress already seems much more polite than a simple handshake .

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İnteresting İnformations About Japan

• Unemployment rate in Japan is only 4%

• Some of the man in Japan shave their heads,that means apologize

• Japan has 200 volcanic mountain• Japanese people never enter their

house with shoes,it means disrespect

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