2. JAPANESE FLAG
• White – means peace and honesty
• Red dot – means hardness, strength, and
bravery
3. LOCATION
Japan is an island nation in East Asia.
Located in the pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of
the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South
Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of
Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and
Taiwan in the south. The characters that make
up Japan’s name mean “sun-origin”, which is
why Japan is sometimes referred to as the
“Land of the Rising Sun”.
4. POPULATION
127,368,088
MONEY
-Unit of currency= Yen
-Comes in coins and paper form (BANKNOTES)
-Coin values: 1 yen, 5 yen, 10 yen, 100 yen
-Banknote values: 500 yen, 1,000 yen, 5,000
yen, 10,000 yen
5. RELIGION
• Shinto – “the way of God “
- shinto gods are called “kami”
- a native religion in Japan with its
roots stretching back to 500 B.C. And
is a poly-theistic one venerating
almost any natural objects ranging
from mountains rivers, water, rocks,
trees, to dead notables. In other
words, it is based on anismism.
6. • Buddhism
- a traditional that focuses on personal
spiritual development. Buddhist strive for a
deep insight into the true nature of life and do
not worship gods or deities.
- practices largely based on teachings
attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, who is
commonly known as the Buddha (meaning
“the awakening one” in Sanskrit and Pali.)
7. Most women and
men in Japan
wear kimonos
Kimonos are dresses
long and Silky
