This document provides information about Japan in 3 paragraphs. Japan has a population of 127.3 million and its capital and largest city is Tokyo. The country has a temperate climate and mountainous terrain unsuitable for agriculture. Traditional Japanese culture includes kimonos, sumo wrestling, noodles, and bowing as a greeting.

1. JAPAN
FLAG CAPİTAL
TOKYO

2. 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)

3. • Literacy rate : %99.9
• Government of Japan : Constitutional
monarchy
Imperial Seal Government Seal Of Japan

4. 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.

5. Sagano Bamboo Forest

6. 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

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

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

9. 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.

11. • 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.

12. SUMO

13. 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.

15. Japanese Cuisine

17. • 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.

18. SUSHİ RİCE AND STİCK

19. Type : Broadcast television
network
Owner : Fuji Television
Network,Inc
Industry : Information and
Communication
Owner : Sony Communication
Network Corporation
Type : Business Corporation
Owner : Sony Music
Entertainment

20. Most clicked website in Japan
• Sahu.com Japanese advertising , search
engine , online multiplayer game is a site that
offers the service.

21. 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.

22. 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 .
Meeting

23. 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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