3. The national flag
• The flag is called ”Hinomaru” or “Nisshooki”.
• The red circle in the center symbolized
“the rising sun”.
4. The national anthem
“Kimigayo” English translation
“His Majesty's Reign”
•May your reign
Continue for a thousand,
eight thousand
generations,
•Kimigayo wa
Until the pebbles
Chiyo ni yachiyo ni Grow into boulders
Sazare-ishi no Lush with moss
Iwao to narite
Koke no musu made
5. Geography
• Japan extends 3,000
km from tip to tip.
• Japan’s land area of
about 378,000 ㎢ is
slightly smaller than
that of Uzbekistan.
• 67% of the land is
mountains and only
13% is plains.
• There are about 200
volcanoes.
6. ・ The nation’s capital is
Tokyo.
•The population of
Japan is about 130
million and over 10% of it
lives in Tokyo.
•My hometown is
Nagoya.
7. Proverbs
Consideration
• When you yourself
experience pain you
will understand other
people’s pain.
Thrift
• He who laughs at a
penny will cry for a
penny.
8. Cooperation
•Out of the counsel of
three comes wisdom.
Education
•The child is father of
the man.
9. A famous Japanese children’s song
Drummers at Shojoji, the Temple
1. Sho, Sho, Shojoji
Shojoji yard’s bright tonight.
To,to, to the moonlight
Come out racoon dogs. Come, come, come.
Joyful drummers are my friends.
Rat-a-tat-tat-tat-tat.
2. Play much louder, play much louder
Than the drum of our priest’s prayer.
Come, come, come, come, come, come.
Come out racoon dogs. Come, come, come.
3. Sho, Sho, Shojoji
Shojoji with bush clovers.
To,to, to the moonlight
Blooms are emitting scents.
I am also on the spree.
Rat-a-tat-tat-tat–tat.
