Japan's capital is Tokyo, one of the world's largest cities. Japan is one of the most advanced countries in the world and a leading supplier of fish, as well as the United States' biggest trading partner. The Japanese currency is the yen, the third most traded currency globally. Japan has several unique writing styles including Hiragana, Katakana, Kanji, and Romaji. Traditional Japanese homes incorporate sliding doors and futons. After World War 2, Japan's cities were destroyed and its economy gutted, but with US help it began to rebuild and stabilize, adopting a new constitution. Cardistry is a hobby where the member learned sleight of hand techniques and various card shuffling styles by practicing

1. DEEP DIVE CLUB
JAPAN- THE LAND OF RISING SUN
ACHINTYA
VIII-D

3. Capital and Population
• Japan’s capital is Tokyo, which is one of the
world’s largest cities
• one of the most advanced countries in the
world.
• Japan is also the leading supplier of fish and
the United States biggest trading partner

4. Japan Flag
•
• Adopted by Japan on February 27th, 1870
• Most commonly known as “Hinomaru” which means
“sun disk” or “Nipon”, the “The Land of the Rising
Sun”
The red circle in the middle represents the sun, and
the sun represents sincerity, brightness, warmth,
bravery, strength and valor

5. Currency
• The Japanese Currency is Yen (¥)
• Third-most most traded currency
• One Indian Rupee equals to
about 1.81 yen
•

6. Writing and Alphabet
• Japan has four different
writing styles: Hiragana
and Katakana (which are
the easiest), Kanji (the
most complicated), and
Romaji (Written using
English letters)
• Can be written vertically
right to left or
horizontally left to right

7. Living Style
• There are Japanese-style houses, apartments, and now
Western-style houses
• There are sliding doors, called fusuma and if you open
them, you can make two rooms into one
• People have beds, but sometimes they sleep on
futons, which are beds you lay on the ground and
when done, you can roll them up and put them in the
closet

8. Effects of WW2 + revival
• By the end of the war, Japan’s
cities were destroyed, its
stockpiles exhausted.
• People lost faith in leadership
• The industrial capacity gutted,
they saw shortage of food and
rising inflation
Effects

9. Revival
• With initial help from the U.S., Japan started to
get back on its feet.
• In a series of wartime conferences, rebuilding and
stabilizing of Japanese economy was discussed.
• Including the formation of a new constitution and
some reforms.

10. HOBBY CLUB
CARDISTRY

11. INSPIRATION
• A TV show “Penn & Teller: Fool
us” showcased magicians with
different tricks
• I was intrigued by the sharpness
and sleight of hands done by
magicians with playing cards
• I decided to learn cardistry !!!

12. ACHIEVEMENTS
• I learnt sleight of hand.
• I learnt some basic level magic tricks which required
sleight of hands.
• I learnt many types of shuffles, like the riffle shuffle

13. LEARNING
• After Purchasing a deck of cards-same as used by
Magicians I started to learn
• Initially, I couldn’t even hold the cards but gradually I
learnt.

14. PROGRESS

15. Adventure
and
fitness
club

16. CYCLING
● I recorded the time I took to cover 500
m on cycle outside the society
● My stamina improved.
● Cycling has become a part of my life

17. Record of Activity
Week Ride Detail
1st July - 8th July I practiced some more manoeuvres
10th July -18th July I bought a new mountain bike, which I
then used to ride on the rocky path.
20th July-28th July I practiced balancing myself on the
rear wheel
29th July-5th Aug I rode inside my society to improve my
stamina.
7th Aug- 15th Aug
I set a timer to see the time I take to
cover 1,000 m on cycle

20.  Listing of books and creating a Wishlist
 Freedom of fixing book lending tenure
 Online payment
 Redressal of grievance
 Book reviews can also be added