about japan

2. Where Japan is located
• Japan is an island country in East
Asia in the Pacific Ocean.
• Japan has four islands,
• Honshu
• Kyushu
• Shikoku
• Hokkaido
Kyushu
Hokkaido
Honshu
shikoku

3. About japan
Capital city: - Tokyo
Currency :- Japanese yen
Population :- 127.3 million (2013
Prime minister :- Shinzo Abe
National sport :- sumo
National day :- February 11
National anthem :- “Kimigayo"

4. Geographic Features of Japan
• Over 3,000 islands
• Largest islands
• Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku
• 4 largest islands accounts for 97% of land area.
• Most islands are mountainous (many volcanic)
• Mount Fuji
• World’s 10th largest population
• ~128 million people
• Japanese – 98.5%
• Koreans – 0.5%
• Chinese – 0.4%
• Other – 0.7%
• The Greater Tokyo Area
• Largest metropolitan area in the world
Japanese
98%
koreans
1%
chinese
0% other
1%
population
Japanese
koreans
chinese
other

5. National flag
• Red Sun Disk represents sun goddess 'Amaterasu', founder of Japan
and ancestor of its emperors. It symbolizes bright future for Japan.
• White represents honesty, integrity and purity of Japanese people.

6. Seasons in japan
•Because japan stretches north to south, the climate tends to differ widely from
one region to the next region. But in overall terms the country has a mild,
humid climate with four clearly distinct seasons.
Spring
Summer
Winter
Autumn

7. SPRING

8. SUMMER
• Summer months are June, July, and August. Summer is very hot and humid in
Japan.
• fireworks displays (hanabi) in evening.
• Festivals :- Star festival (Tanabata ).
Boy’s festival(Tango no sekku ).

9. AUTUMN
• AUTUMN MONTHS ARE SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, AND NOVEMBER.
• THIS TIME WE CAN SEE AUTUMN LEAVES CALLED Momiji .
• FESTIVALS :- SHICHI-GO-SAN ,LANTERN FESTIVAL,

10. WINTER
 Winter months are December, January, and February.
 Festival :- annual Sapporo Snow Festival

11. The most widely spoken language in Japan currently is Japanese
language & Japanese language also official language of japan.
japanese
98%
other
2%
Languages of japan
japanese
other

12. • Japanese language has three alphabets.
Hiragana - used to write native words .
Kathakana - used to write foreign words.
Kanji - used in the modern Japanese writing system along with
hiragana and katakana. These are Chinese writing
language.
• Can be written vertically right to left or horizontally left to right.

13. Hiragana
Kathakana

14. Kanji

15. • Japan has a large variety of dishes and regional specialties, known for their emphasis
on the quality, presentation, and careful seasoning of the food. Dishes include
Ramen, Soba, Sushi and Tempura.
• Japan has four main food.
• Shushi
• Sashimi
• sukiyaki
• tempura

16. Transport
Japan’s transport system is highly developed, with road & rail networks covering
virtually every part of the country together. Japanese people mostly using trains.
Japan's transportation sector stands out for its energy efficiency: it uses less
energy per person compared to other countries.

17. Greeting custom
• People in Japan greet each other by bowing. When you meet a person
you should bow and that way show respect.
• Always address a person as Mr. or Mrs. This is done by adding word
San to the surname.

18. Traditional Japanese arts
Traditional Japanese arts include crafts such as ceramics,textiles,lacquerware,swords and
dolls, performances of bunraku,kabuki,noh,dance, andrakugo;and other practices the tea
ceremony, ikebana, martial arts, calligraphy, Origami,onsen and games. Japan has five main
traditional arts.
Tea ceremony
origami
Japanese flower arrangement (ikebana)
bonsai
Kanji

19. The tea ceremony (sado or chado) is a highly
structured method of preparing green tea. But
there is far more to sado than the ritual making
& serving of tea. Sado also explores the
purpose of life & encourages an appreciation
of nature. The tea ceremony involves
preparing powdered tea for guests according to
custom & enjoying its austere taste quietly &
serenely. Influenced by Zen Buddhism, the tea
ceremony seeks to the mind & attains oneness
with nature.

20. The first thing that we would like to tell you about simple and basic origami is that it is quite simple
to do and quit affordable.
1. Suited for all skill levels: Origami can be as simple or as complicated as you want to make
it. This means, if you want a lengthy involved product, you will find one and if you are looking for an
easy one, then you will find that too. This makes it idea for all age levels.
2. Makes you concentrate better: As you grow in age it is important to keep the brain
active. Origami helps you do that.
3. Enhances the motor skills: The whole process of folding the paper properly and creating
creases is good for coordination between hand and eyes as well as improving motor skills.
4. It can be done at any place: You can do origami at any place you want to as long you
can find a flat surface. Which makes it ideal for passing time while traveling or waiting for
appointments?
5. It is really affordable: Since Origami calls for paper, a few instructional diagrams and a flat
area, it is really affordable.

21. crane
Flower ball
butterfly

22. Japanese flower arrangement (ikebana), which
evolved in japan over seven centuries, has its
origin in early Buddhist flower offerings. This art
is distinguished from purely decorative use of
flowers by the extreme care taken in choosing
every element of each work, including the plant
material, the container, where each branch &
flower is placed, & how the branches relate to the
container & the surrounding space.

23. Japan from China more than a thousand years ago. Since then, a distinctive
style of this art form has been developed in Japan. Various techniques such
as the trimming of roots and wiring are used to keep the trees small but in
proportion to how they might have looked if grown in nature. This achieves
the effect of condensing the appearance of a natural tree or forest within the
pot, leaving room for artistic imagination. The way to appreciate bonsai is to
first look at it and gain an overall impression, and then to lower your line of
sight to the same level as the art piece. Try to imagine yourself being small,
looking at the tree is a natural environment.

24. Education
The basic school system in japan is composed of
elementary school (lasting six years), middle school
(three years), & high school (three years), &
university (four years).education is compulsory only
for the nine years of elementary & middle school, but
98% of students go on to high school. Students
usually have to take exams in order to enter high
schools & universities. Recently some middle & high
schools have joined together to form of single, six
year schools.

25. Economically, japan is one of the most highly developed nations in the
world. Japanese brands like Toyota, Sony, Fujifilm & Panasonic are
famous across the globe. Manufacturing is one of Japan’s strengths, but
the country has few natural resoures.one common pattern is for Japanese
companies to import raw materials & then process them to make finished
products, which are sold domestically or exported. One of the most
promising fields for future economic growth is robotics, in which
Japanese technology leads the world.ASIMO, a humanoid robot
developed by Honda, can not only walk on two legs but also make out
what two or more people speak at one time & avoid contact with other
pedestrians by foreseeing their direction of walk, all thanks to the robot’s
built-in audiovisual sensors.in the near future, robots will be active in a
range of fields & may even live alongside humans, just like in science-
fiction films.

26. By :-
Thushara Janaki
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