The Flag of Japan

The flag of Japan consists of a white

background with a red circle in the center which
represents the __________________.
The Japanese name for this is Hinomaru, which
means ________________ of the ______________.
It was first officially adapted as the Japanese
flag on the ______ of ________________, 1870.

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 The Flag of Japan
Color or decorate in the Flag of Japan in the correct colors.

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 Map of Japan
On the Map
! Draw a star to
show where the
capital is.
! Label the Pacific
Ocean
! Label the Sea of
Japan
! Draw a mountain
to show the
location of Mt
Fuji
! Color the sea
blue and the land
green.

The capital of Japan is ________________________.

Japan is made up of _________ main islands and lots
of smaller islands.
Japan has an area size of ___________________
square kilometers.
Japan is located in the _________________ Ocean just
off the ____________________ coast of China.

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 Map of Japan
Find and shade in Japan on the world map.

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 Japan Facts
The language that is spoken in Japan is ____________________.
Can you write your name in Japanese?

The currency of Japan is the ___________________________.

This is the Yen symbol. Can you draw the Yen symbol?

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 Japan Facts
Japan has a population of ______________________
people. That's a lot of people.

Sumo wrestling is very popular in Japan. In sumo

wrestling, one wrestler attempts to push another
wrestler outside a ____________ ring.
Draw a picture of two men sumo wrestling.

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 Japan Facts
Japan is located in the Pacific _______________________________.
This area gets lots of ___________________________________ and
___________________________ eruptions and ____________________.
Japan is mostly made up of ___________________________________.
The tallest mountain, ________________________________________,
is also an active volcano.
It is ____________________________ tall.

Draw a picture of an active volcano.

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 Japan Facts
The Akashi Kaikyo Suspension Bridge is also known as the
____________________________________________________________.

It is the world’s longest suspension bridge at _____________ long.

The longest and largest river in Japan is the __________________

____________ River. It is ______________________________ long.

Design a Suspension Bridge.

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 Japan Facts
Japan’s National Anthem is “Kimigayo” which means ____________
______________________________________________________________.
It was the unofficial Japan anthem until _______________ when it
became official. It is one of the ________________________________
National Anthems that is currently being used.
The music was composed in _______________________ by Hiromori
Hayashi. It is based on a short 31-syllable poem known as a
______________________________________________________________.
_____________________________ means Japanese Poetry. It has 5
lines of 5 ~ 7 ~ 5 ~ 7 ~ 7 syllables in each line.
Write a poem with the same syllables in each line.

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 Japan Facts ~ Time Difference
The time here is _________________________________________.

The time in Tokyo is ___________________________________.

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 Japanese Animals

The Japanese word for fox is ___________________.

The red foxes of Japan are the common
subject for Japanese ___________________.
These creatures have a tail that is longer
than half of its body length and is very
___________________. The diet of the red
fox mainly consists of small rodents.

The Japanese Macaque are

__________________________ animals.
They have a pinkish face and a short
stump of a tail. They are excellent
______________________. Also known as
the Snow Monkey, they live in areas
where _______________ covers the
ground for many months of the year.

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 Japanese Animals
The Akita is considered the national ____________ of Japan. It
has a short double coat and is _____________________ to the
island of Honshu, Japan. They are versatile hunting dogs and are
considered ____________________ and a good luck charm in
Japan.

The Japanese spider crab is one of the scariest of all of Japan’s

animals. It is a species of _____________________ crab and the
only member in the genus Macrocheria. It is only found in the
waters around Japan. The spider crab is the world’s largest
__________________________________, with a leg span reaching up
to 3.8 meters (12 ft).
This spider crab is a scavenger, feeding mostly on dead animals,
though it also eats shellfish. After they
_______________, they will eat their
own shell to get some important
nutrients.

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 Japanese Food
Sushi is a dish made with specially prepared _______________.
This rice is mixed with vinegar, salt and sugar. It can have a
variety of fillings. Most of them are wrapped in a sheet of
seaweed called _______________. Sushi can be eaten with hands
or chopsticks and is commonly eaten with ___________ sauce or
wasabi.

The rice bowl is a dish made of plain cooked rice. Traditionally,

rice was eaten at _______________ meal in Japan, making rice a
primary staple of food for the Japanese people.
Rice is an important _______________ in Japan and has been
cultivated for more than 2,000 years.
It was once used a form of ______________.
The grain is also processed into other
types of products such as alcohol,
vinegar and flour.

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 Japanese Food
Tempura is a dish of ____________________________ or seafood
that is covered in a tempura batter and deep _________________.
This dish was brought to Japan by the Portuguese. Tempura is
also used in combination with other ___________________.

Sashimi is a dish that includes ________________ fish that is

thinly sliced. It is usually enjoyed with soy sauce or wasabi.
There are many different kinds of _____________________ and
seafood that are served as part of this dish. It needs to be
prepared properly as it could cause ___________________________
if it isn’t.

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Recipe ~ ______________________________
Ingredients:
_______________________ ________________________
_______________________ ________________________
_______________________ ________________________
_______________________ ________________________
_______________________ ________________________
Method:
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
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 Music Composer ~ Toru Takemitsu
Born: 8th October 1930
Died: 20th February 1996

Toru Takemitsu, born in __________________, is one of the best

known Japanese composers.

He was conscripted to war in 1944, and at the age of 16, he decided

to become a _____________________. He combined elements of both
Eastern and Western music to create a unique sound.

He first came to international attention in 1957 for his Requiem for

Strings after it was hailed as a masterpiece by Stravinsky.

Mostly ________________ taught, he scored several hundred

independent works of music during his lifetime.

He also composed the music for over

ninety movies and published 20 books.

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 Artist ~ Katsushika Hokusai
Born: 1760
Died: 1849
Katsushika Hokusai is Japan’s best known artist. He is also
Japan’s ____________________ Japanese artist.

He was born in Edo and started drawing when he was 5 or 6.

As a teenager, he worked as an apprentice to a wood carver
before being accepted into the studio of Katsukawa Shunsho.

Shunsho was one of the _______________________________ of the

wood block print.

Hokusai’s best known works are the Thirty-six Views of Mount

Fuji. He left over _______________________ works, some of them
were over 200 square meters in size.

During the 89 years that he lived, he changed his name around

30 times.
He signed one of his last works as The Art-Crazy Old Man.

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 Cherry Blossom
The cherry blossom is known a ‘_________________________’
in Japanese and is the country’s national flower. It is a
symbol of renewal and hope, heralding the arrival of spring
each year. They are in abundance from March to April.

During cherry blossom season, groups of people can be seen

having _____________________ under the cherry trees, which is
a custom dating back many centuries. It is known as ‘hanami’
or ‘flower viewing’.

In Japan, there are over ___________ different

varieties of the cherry blossom, the most
popular being the ‘Somei Yoshino’. This
variety has _______ flowers that have the
merest hint of pink. The flowers last
no more than a week.

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 Origami
Origami is a traditional Japanese art of ______________ folding. Many
techniques are used with a variety of objects being created. A special
origami paper that is specially made for folding and shaping is used to
create some amazing objects like flowers or birds.

The Japanese word, ‘origami’ means to fold (oru) paper (kami). This
is a great craft that many people around the world enjoy.

The exact origins of origami are unknown, but the first Japanese
folds date back to the sixth century.

There are ____________ different types of origami: ancient and

contemporary. For ancient origami, all you need is ______________ and
your hands. To make the more contemporary origami, you will also
need other supplies such as scissors and glue.

In the 1950’s, Yoshizawa Akira published

the first works of original modern
______________________ which gave it
a tremendous boost, making it
very popular all
over the world.

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 Bonsai
Bonsai is a Japanese art of growing small ___________________ in
pots. Bon means a try or low-sided pot, and sai means a planting.

To grow a bonsai, a tiny tree is planted in a small _______________.

The branches and roots are pruned to keep the plant small. They
can also be trained to grow into a shape that is good to look at.

In the Japanese language bonsai means ‘tree in tray’. This is a very

old art form in Japan.

In ______________________ times, bonsai were usually enjoyed by

aristocrats, priests and other high-ranking people. Though, from he
seventeenth century, commoners began to delight in them too.

After 1868, once Japan had opened itself up to Western countries,

large-scale
scale bonsai ______________________________
were staged and books on the techniques
of growing bonsai were published.

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 Visiting Japan
Would you like to visit Japan in the summer, autumn,
spring or the winter?

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Why did you pick that season?

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 Visiting Japan
What is the one place that you would love to visit if you were going
to Japan?

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Why would you like to go to Japan?

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 Japan Word Search
w j k f c w a k a i
s f l a g j k b x s
m f s g e d h m v l
o w h q t t n x n a
u e l g a e f y e n
n a s x f m x s f d
t f f h s p h j n s
a h d z g u o j a s
i j n n d r b d k h
n x u g c a i f i f
s u s h i o g h t n
p f d p r h i x a k
r o k o c o r r c v
p g s j l i f i j b
y o d h e k l p c h
j h o f k p o t o e
v o l c a n o e s p

flag islands mountains yen rice

sushi circle volcanoes sun geta
obi waka tempura akita eagle

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 ANSWERS
Flag Facts cont…
• sun • 3911m tall
• circle • Shinano River
• sun • 367 km long
• 27th
• January National Anthem
• The Emperor’s Reign
Map
• 1999
• Tokyo
• shortest
• four
• waka
• 377,835 square km
• waka
• Pacific
• 1888
• Eastern
Facts Clothing
• Japanese • silk
• Yen • big
• 126,475,664 (2011) • down
• sumo • obi
• earthquakes • special
• volcanic • clogs
• tsunamis • thongs
• mountains • kimonos
• Mt Fuji • dry
• 3776 m tall
• Pearl Bridge
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 ANSWERS
Animals Food cont…
• Kitune • raw
• folklore • fish
• fluffy • illness
• omnivorous
• swimmers Housing
• snow • wood
• dog • pillars
• native • roof
• sacred • place
• marine • tatami
• arthropod • sliding
• molt • not
Food • slippers
• rice
• nori Toru Takemitsu
• Tokyo
• soy
• composer
• every
• self
• crop
• currency
Katsushika Hokusai
• vegetables
• least
• fried
• masters
• foods
• 30,000

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 ANSWERS
Cherry Blossom
• sakura
• picnics
• 200
• white
Origami
• paper
• two
• paper
• origami
Bonsai
• trees
• pot
• ancient
• exhibitions

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 Name: ________________________________
Gender:_______________________________
Date of Birth: ________________________
Place of Birth: ________________________
Telephone Number: ____________________
Address: ______________________________
______________________________________
______________________________________
Signature: ____________________________
Stamp

Stamp
Date Visited:

Date Visited:
Country Visited:

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Stamp Stamp

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Date Visited: Date Visited:

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 The Flag of Japan

The flag of Japan consists of a white

background with a red circle in the centre which
represents the __________________.
The Japanese name for this is Hinomaru, which
means ________________ of the ______________.
It was first officially adapted as the Japanese
flag on the ______ of ________________, 1870.

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 The Flag of Japan
Colour or decorate in the Flag of Japan in the correct colours.

© Simple Living. Creative Learning

 Map of Japan
On the Map
! Draw a star to
show where the
capital is.
! Label the Pacific
Ocean
! Label the Sea of
Japan
! Draw a mountain
to show the
location of Mt
Fuji
! Colour the sea
blue and the land
green.

The capital of Japan is ________________________.

Japan is made up of _________ main islands and lots
of smaller islands.
Japan has an area size of ___________________
square kilometres.
Japan is located in the _________________ Ocean just
off the ____________________ coast of China.

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 Map of Japan
Find and shade in Japan on the world map.

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 Japan Facts
The language that is spoken in Japan is ____________________.
Can you write your name in Japanese?

The currency of Japan is the ___________________________.

This is the Yen symbol. Can you draw the Yen symbol?

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 Japan Facts
Japan has a population of ______________________
people. That's a lot of people.

Sumo wrestling is very popular in Japan. In sumo

wrestling, one wrestler attempts to push another
wrestler outside a ____________ ring.
Draw a picture of two men sumo wrestling.

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 Japan Facts
Japan is located in the Pacific _______________________________.
This area gets lots of ___________________________________ and
___________________________ eruptions and ____________________.
Japan is mostly made up of ___________________________________.
The tallest mountain, ________________________________________,
is also an active volcano.
It is ____________________________ tall.

Draw a picture of an active volcano.

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 Japan Facts
The Akashi Kaikyo Suspension Bridge is also known as the
____________________________________________________________.

It is the world’s longest suspension bridge at _____________ long.

The longest and largest river in Japan is the __________________

____________ River. It is ______________________________ long.

Design a Suspension Bridge.

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 Japan Facts
Japan’s National Anthem is “Kimigayo” which means ____________
______________________________________________________________.
It was the unofficial Japan anthem until _______________ when it
became official. It is one of the ________________________________
National Anthems that is currently being used.
The music was composed in _______________________ by Hiromori
Hayashi. It is based on a short 31-syllable poem known as a
______________________________________________________________.
_____________________________ means Japanese Poetry. It has 5
lines of 5 ~ 7 ~ 5 ~ 7 ~ 7 syllables in each line.
Write a poem with the same syllables in each line.

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 Japan Facts ~ Time Difference
The time here is _________________________________________.

The time in Tokyo is ___________________________________.

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 Japanese Animals

The Japanese word for fox is ___________________.

The red foxes of Japan are the common
subject for Japanese ___________________.
These creatures have a tail that is longer
than half of its body length and is very
___________________. The diet of the red
fox mainly consists of small rodents.

The Japanese Macaque are

__________________________ animals.
They have a pinkish face and a short
stump of a tail. They are excellent
______________________. Also known as
the Snow Monkey, they live in areas
where _______________ covers the
ground for many months of the year.

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 Japanese Animals
The Akita is considered the national ____________ of Japan. It
has a short double coat and is _____________________ to the
island of Honshu, Japan. They are versatile hunting dogs and are
considered ____________________ and a good luck charm in
Japan.

The Japanese spider crab is one of the scariest of all of Japan’s

animals. It is a species of _____________________ crab and the
only member in the genus Macrocheria. It is only found in the
waters around Japan. The spider crab is the world’s largest
__________________________________, with a leg span reaching up
to 3.8 metres (12 ft).
This spider crab is a scavenger, feeding mostly on dead animals,
though it also eats shellfish. After they
_______________, they will eat their
own shell to get some important
nutrients.

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 Japanese Food
Sushi is a dish made with specially prepared _______________.
This rice is mixed with vinegar, salt and sugar. It can have a
variety of fillings. Most of them are wrapped in a sheet of
seaweed called _______________. Sushi can be eaten with hands
or chopsticks and is commonly eaten with ___________ sauce or
wasabi.

The rice bowl is a dish made of plain cooked rice. Traditionally,

rice was eaten at _______________ meal in Japan, making rice a
primary staple of food for the Japanese people.
Rice is an important _______________ in Japan and has been
cultivated for more than 2,000 years.
It was once used a form of ______________.
The grain is also processed into other
types of products such as alcohol,
vinegar and flour.

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 Japanese Food
Tempura is a dish of ____________________________ or seafood
that is covered in a tempura batter and deep _________________.
This dish was brought to Japan by the Portuguese. Tempura is
also used in combination with other ___________________.

Sashimi is a dish that includes ________________ fish that is

thinly sliced. It is usually enjoyed with soy sauce or wasabi.
There are many different kinds of _____________________ and
seafood that are served as part of this dish. It needs to be
prepared properly as it could cause ___________________________
if it isn’t.

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Recipe ~ ______________________________
Ingredients:
_______________________ ________________________
_______________________ ________________________
_______________________ ________________________
_______________________ ________________________
_______________________ ________________________
Method:
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
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 Music Composer ~ Toru Takemitsu
Born: 8th October 1930
Died: 20th February 1996

Toru Takemitsu, born in __________________, is one of the best

known Japanese composers.

He was conscripted to war in 1944, and at the age of 16, he decided

to become a _____________________. He combined elements of both
Eastern and Western music to create a unique sound.

He first came to international attention in 1957 for his Requiem for

Strings after it was hailed as a masterpiece by Stravinsky.

Mostly ________________ taught, he scored several hundred

independent works of music during his lifetime.

He also composed the music for over

ninety movies and published 20 books.

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 Artist ~ Katsushika Hokusai
Born: 1760
Died: 1849
Katsushika Hokusai is Japan’s best known artist. He is also
Japan’s ____________________ Japanese artist.

He was born in Edo and started drawing when he was 5 or 6.

As a teenager, he worked as an apprentice to a wood carver
before being accepted into the studio of Katsukawa Shunsho.

Shunsho was one of the _______________________________ of the

wood block print.

Hokusai’s best known works are the Thirty-six Views of Mount

Fuji. He left over _______________________ works, some of them
were over 200 square meters in size.

During the 89 years that he lived, he changed his name around

30 times.
He signed one of his last works as The Art-Crazy Old Man.

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 Cherry Blossom
The cherry blossom is known a ‘_________________________’
in Japanese and is the country’s national flower. It is a
symbol of renewal and hope, heralding the arrival of spring
each year. They are in abundance from March to April.

During cherry blossom season, groups of people can be seen

having _____________________ under the cherry trees, which is
a custom dating back many centuries. It is known as ‘hanami’
or ‘flower viewing’.

In Japan, there are over ___________ different

varieties of the cherry blossom, the most
popular being the ‘Somei Yoshino’. This
variety has _______ flowers that have the
merest hint of pink. The flowers last
no more than a week.

© Simple Living. Creative Learning

 Origami
Origami is a traditional Japanese art of ______________ folding. Many
techniques are used with a variety of objects being created. A special
origami paper that is specially made for folding and shaping is used to
create some amazing objects like flowers or birds.

The Japanese word, ‘origami’ means to fold (oru) paper (kami). This
is a great craft that many people around the world enjoy.

The exact origins of origami are unknown, but the first Japanese
folds date back to the sixth century.

There are ____________ different types of origami: ancient and

contemporary. For ancient origami, all you need is ______________ and
your hands. To make the more contemporary origami, you will also
need other supplies such as scissors and glue.

In the 1950’s, Yoshizawa Akira published

the first works of original modern
______________________ which gave it
a tremendous boost, making it
very popular all
over the world.

© Simple Living. Creative Learning

 Bonsai
Bonsai is a Japanese art of growing small ___________________ in
pots. Bon means a try or low-sided pot, and sai means a planting.

To grow a bonsai, a tiny tree is planted in a small _______________.

The branches and roots are pruned to keep the plant small. They
can also be trained to grow into a shape that is good to look at.

In the Japanese language bonsai means ‘tree in tray’. This is a very

old art form in Japan.

In ______________________ times, bonsai were usually enjoyed by

aristocrats, priests and other high-ranking people. Though, from he
seventeenth century, commoners began to delight in them too.

After 1868, once Japan had opened itself up to Western countries,

large-scale
scale bonsai ______________________________
were staged and books on the techniques
of growing bonsai were published.

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 Visiting Japan
Would you like to visit Japan in the summer, autumn,
spring or the winter?

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Why did you pick that season?

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 Visiting Japan
What is the one place that you would love to visit if you were going
to Japan?

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Why would you like to go to Japan?

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