Japan
Arely F.
Food
• The word for meals
is “gohan”
• Rice is a important
is meal in Japan
• They eat white rice ,
fish, and meat
• They usually eat
vegetables
Housing
• If you enter the house you have to take
off your shoes and put on slippers on
• Houses in Japan are made of wood
pillars
• Unlike Western houses Japan homes
there floors are tatami floors.
Clothes
• They wear robes
that are called
“Kimonos”
• When children go to
school they wear
normal clothes
Culture
• The word for
makeup is
“Kumadori”
• They do
performances with
singing musical
accompaniment a
lot
• The word for
singing is Hayashi
Education
• In Japan
elementary schools
last for 6 years
• Middle school lasts
for 3 years
• High schools last
for 3 years
• Universities last for
4 years
Government
• In Japan the 3
branches are
legislative,
executive, and
judicial
• The Diet comprises
has 480 seats
Map of Japan
• There are about 127
million people in
Japan
• There are about 332
people per square
in Japan
Money
• The word for money is
yen
• There are four kinds
of bills (10,000 yen,
5,000 yen, 2,000 yen
1,000 yen) and six
kinds of coins (500
yen, 100 yen, 50 yen,
10 yen, 5 yen, 1 yen)
used.
• Japan consists of
several thousands of
islands, of which
Honshu, Hokkaido,
Kyushu and Shikoku
are the four largest
• Japan's closest
neighbors are Korea,
Russia and China. The
Sea of Japan separates
the Asian continent
from the Japanese
archipelago.
Location
Landmarks/Historical Places
• Stone Age People
lived by hunting and
gathering
• Jomon Period
Permanent
settlement began;
people use polished
stone tools and
earthenware
What I Learned
• I learned that they have different school
schedules than we have here.
• They have different money than we do.
• They have different buildings.
• They have a lot of differences
compared to us.
• But they have a lot in common with us
as well.