4. • Japanese adapted to catering to
authority and to harmonize with
others.
• Japan is a country poor in natural
resources but rich in hard-working
and diligent people.
• they have more interest in human
feelings and emotions than
scientific or logical concerns. In
terms of book read, literary books
rate more highly than scientific
books, compared with westerners.
• They tend to place themselves in
their own exclusive and closed
communities.
5. • Japan has a population of about half of
the United States with a land area about
90% of the state of California.
• They tend to pay attention to precise
details rather than the big picture.
• They are better at developping transistors
than space development projects. Mini-
component audio systems are essential in
their narrow houses often referred to
"rabbit hutches".
• Country first and technology wise
6. Language
Nihongo is a language spoken
by over 120 million people in
Japan and in Japanese
immigrant communities. It is a
member of the Japonic (or
Japanese-Ryukyuan) language
family, which has a number of
proposed relationships with
other languages, none of which
has gained wide acceptance
amonghistorical linguists.
7. Flag
• The circle in the middle of the flag
represents the sun. Japan's name
translates to "The land of the rising
sun." The white represents honesty
and purity and the red disc is a sun
symbol meaning brightness, sincerity
and warmth.
9. Clothes
• K ono is a Japanese
im
traditional garment worn
by men, women and
children. The word
"kimono", which literally
means a "thing to wear"
(ki "wear"
and mono "thing"),[2] has
come to denote these full-
length robes. The
standard plural of the
word kimono in English
is kimonos,[3] but the
unmarked Japanese
10. Arts
• Ikebana ( 生花 ?) is the
Japanese art of flower
arrangement. It has gained
widespread international
fame for its focus on
harmony, color use,
rhythm, and elegantly
simple design. It is an art
centered greatly on
expressing the seasons,
and is meant to act as a
symbol to something
greater than the flower
itself.
13. • Ichigenkin (kanji: 一絃琴) - one-string zither
• Koto ( 琴, 箏) - long zither
• Junanagen ( 十七絃) - 17-stringed zither
• Taishogoto ( 大正琴) - zither with metal strings and keys
• Kugo ( 箜篌) - an angled harp used in ancient times and
recently revived
• Sanshin ( 三線) - three-string banjo from Okinawa
• Shamisen ( 三味線) - A banjo-like lute with three strings, the
shamisen was brought to Japan from China in the 16th
century. Popular in Edo's pleasure districts, the shamisen was
often used in Kabuki theater. Made from red sandalwood and
ranging from 1.1 to 1.4 meters long, the shamisen has ivory
pegs, strings made from twisted silk, and a belly covered in
cat or dog skin. The strings, which are of different thickness,
are plucked or struck with a tortoise shell pick.
• Yamatogoto ( 大和琴) - ancient long zither; also
called wa g o n ( 和琴 )
• Tonkori ( トンコリ ) - plucked instrument used by
