JAPAN

HISTORY AND FACTS

GOVERNMENT RELIGION
1. Japan has a constitutional o Shintoism and Buddhism (95%)
monarchy :- AKIHITO (current
emperor) Shinto : A native religion of Japan
: Polytheistic faith
2. Yasuo Fukuda is the current : Does not have holy book, founder
Prime Minister
o Christian, Muslim, Hindus,Sikhs (1%)
POPULATION
◉ Japan is home to about Capital city :
127,500,000 people
• Tokyo : 12,790,000 (2007)

◉ Japan suffers for a low birth Population for major cities :

rate
• Yokohama : 3,632,000
• Osaka ; 2,636,000
◉ Japan is the most rapidly • Nagoya : 2,236,000
aging societies • Kyoto ; 1,465,000
LANGUAGES
*Japanese is their primary language
> Japanese words are loanwords from chinese and english

WRITING SYSTEM :
1) Hiragana ; native japanese words , inflected verbs
2)Katakana ; used for non japanese loanwords
3)Kanji ; used to express the loanwodrs of chinese in japanese
language.
Attractions in Japan
MOUNT FUJI
◉ It is the highest mountain in Japan
◉ It stands 3,776.24 m (12,389 ft) high and is located near the Pacific coast
of central Honshu, just west of Tokyo.
◉ Attracts more than a million sightseers and climbers in July and August.
◉ One of Japan's "Three Holy Mountains" along with Mount Tate and
Mount Haku.
◉ It was added to the World Heritage List as a Cultural Site in 2013.
Imperial Palace
Located on the former site of Edo Castle, a
large park area surrounded by moats and
massive stone walls.
◉ Functions as an administration center
and museum to showcase Japanese
art and history
◉ Older castles - destroyed by fire or war
◉ New palace - surrounded by
traditional Japanese gardens
◉ The famous Nijubashi, double bridges,
that form an entrance to the inner
palace grounds.
Ueno Park
The park grounds were originally part
of Kaneiji Temple.
◉ One of Tokyo's most popular and
lively cherry blossom spots with more
than 1000 cherry trees lining its
central pathway
◉ Famous for the many museums found
on its grounds.
◉ It’s also home to Ueno Zoo, Japan's
first zoological garden.
 Ueno Park
A large public park next to Ueno Station in central Tokyo
 Shibuya
The famous crossing in front of Shibuya Station.
One of Tokyo's most colorful and busy districts, packed with shopping,
dining and entertainment area.
 The best food in Japan
 SOBA NOODLE
 Soba – long, thin buckwheat noodles – has long been a staple
of Japanese cuisine.
 The noodles are served in either a hot, soy sauce-flavoured broth
or at room temperature on a bamboo mat with broth on the
side for dipping.
 TEMPURA
 Classical Portuguese dish brought to and popularized by Japan, consisting of
seafood or vegetables that have been battered and deep fried.
 There are various types of seafood used in tempura such as prawn, squid,
shrimp, fish and crab.
 There are also various types of vegetables used in tempura such as onion,
carrot, potato and sweet potato.
 SUSHI
 Most famous Japanese dish outside of Japan, and one of the most
popular dishes among the Japanese themselves.
 Previously, "sushi" refers to pickled fish preserved in vinegar.
Nowadays sushi can be defined as a dish containing rice which has
been prepared with sushi vinegar.
 There are various types of sushi. Some of the popular ones are
nigiri, gunkan and norimaki.
TEA
 The most common beverage in Japan and an important part of
Japanese food culture.
 Green tea is the most common type of tea.
 Green tea is also the central element of the tea ceremony.
 Among the most well-known places for tea cultivation are
Shizuoka, Kagoshima and Uji.
 Some popular teas consumed by the Japanese are ryokucha (green
tea), matcha (powdered green tea) and kocha (black tea).
  WAGASHI
 Wagashi are traditional Japanese sweets that are typically enjoyed in
combination with a cup of green tea.
 Some of the common wagashi types that tourists like are daifuku (mochi),
dorayaki and taiyaki.
DAIFUKU DORAYAKI TAIYAKI

- Made of soft rice cake (mochi)
wrapped around a small round
of smooth, sweet bean paste or
other fillings.
- Consist of sweet bean paste
sandwiched between two
pancake-like patties.
- Also known as the favorite
snack of Doraemon, a popular
anime character.
- Fish-shaped snacks made of
batter similar to pancake batter
and filled with sweet bean
paste, although alternative,
modern fillings include custard
cream, chocolate or cheese.
CULTURES OF
JAPAN
+ Sakura

+ Geisha & Maiko

+ Anime & Manga

 Sakura
• Cherry blossom
• Spring
• Starts south in Okinawa in February until North
in HokKaido in may
• Hanami or flower-viewing festival
• Bring foods and join up with the locals
• In parks, landscape gardens and riversides
• best at dusk while lanterns lit up the sakuras
which will provide a beautiful pink cannopy
Sakura History
• Nara Period ( 710 – 794 )
• Announced the rice-planting season and was used to
divine the year's harvest.
• Its fleeting beauty was celebrated as a metaphor for life
itself.
• Japanese believed the sakura trees contained spirits,
and made offerings to them with rice wine (sake)
• This grew into the tradition of the hanami party - a
celebration of feasting, drinking and making merry.
Geisha
and
Maiko
Geisha and Maiko
Geisha
• Distinctive white face, red lips and elaborately decorated hairstyle
• Pleasure quarter offering various forms of entertainment
• Courtesans only providing one area of fulfilment, merchants looked for other
types of entertainment, including music, dance and poetry
• First geisha on the scene were actually men
• Geisha had strict rules to not upstage the courtesans, or steal their clients
• Cultural capital of Kyoto
• Modern geiko (Kyoto term for geisha) starts her life in the Kyoto
okiya (geisha house) these days around the age of 15
• After learning skills in hospitality and traditional arts, she becomes
a maiko - an apprentice geiko.
• Follow her mentor and "older sister" geiko to appointments,
shadowing her movements and observing the skill of repartee and
reserve
• Geiko and maiko may have many appointments per night, starting
around 4pm and working long into the early hours
• Due to the demanding lifestyle of the geisha and the pressures of
the modern world, the numbers of geisha are declining
• But as long as Japan continues to hold its rich and respected culture
paramount, the world of the geisha as we know it will continue to
survive.
Anime &
Manga
Anime & Manga
Manga
• Can be found and seen everywhere
• Manga aimed at children usually
displays morals and character
• Themes can become a little darker for
young adults manga
• Printed in black and white and cover
a wide variety of genres
Anime
• Once certain manga have proven
their worth by popularity
• Differences from manga in colour,
movement and sound as well as
theme song
• Artists from the J-pop and J-rock
write the theme songs for big anime
series as it is almost a guaranteed hit
and provides great exposure
Geograpical
Aspect
 MOUNTAIN HAKONE

- Hiking
- Picturesque
landscapes
SPRING AUTUMN

Japan’s Four
Seasons

SUMMER WINTER
 ONSEN
(JAPANESE HOT SPRING)

Major tourist The content

attraction

Indoor or Healing ability

outdoor bath
Thanks!

Prepared by Adam, Azizi, Sarah, Sabrina and Huda