JAPAN

STRATULA DARIA-MARIA
CLASA A VII-A D
 IMPORTANT
• JAPAN  IS AN ISLAND COUNTRY IN EAST ASIA LOCATED IN THE
NORTHWEST PACIFIC OCEAN. 
• THE CAPITAL AND MOST POPULOUS PREFECTURE OF JAPAN IS
TOKYO
• JAPAN IS HOME TO OVER 100 VOLCANOES AND CONTAINS ALMOST
10% OF THE WORLD'S TOTAL VOLCANOES.
 SAPPORO CITY
• WITHIN 100 YEARS, SAPPORO HAS BECOME RECOGNIZED AROUND
THE WORLD FOR ITS CULINARY PREPARATIONS - CURRY SOUP AND
RAMEN NOODLE SOUP - AND THE WINTER OLYMPICS, WHICH WERE
HELD IN ASIA FOR THE FIRST TIME.
ASAKUSA TEMPLE
• ASAKUSA IS A DISTRICT OF TOKYO FAMOUS FOR ITS ASAKUSA
KANNON TEMPLE; LEGEND HAS IT THAT TWO BROTHERS FISHED A
STATUETTE OF KANNON - THE GODDESS OF MERCY AND EVEN IF
THEY PUT THE STATUETTE BACK IN THE RIVER, IT ALWAYS
RETURNED TO THEM. IN 645, THE FIRST TEMPLE DEDICATED TO THE
GODDESS WAS BUILT, WHICH IS THE OLDEST TEMPLE IN TOKYO.
 JAPANESE FOOD
• JAPANESE FOOD IS BASED ON RICE WITH MISO SOUP AND OTHER
DISHES. THERE IS AN EMPHASIS ON SEASONAL INGREDIENTS. SIDE
DISHES OFTEN CONSIST OF FISH, PICKLED VEGETABLES, AND
VEGETABLES COOKED IN BROTH. JAPANESE FOOD IS USUALLY
VERY SPICY, BUT TASTY.
 KIMONO
• CONSIDERED A TRADITIONAL GARMENT, THE KIMONO HAS
SURPASSED ITS STATUS AS A SIMPLE OBJECT, BECOMING A SYMBOL
OF JAPANESE CULTURE. THE KIMONO IS CURRENTLY WORN AT
SPECIAL EVENTS, AT WEDDINGS, AT ADULTHOOD, AT THE NEW
YEAR, AT SCHOOL GRADUATION, AT THE TEA CEREMONY, AT
VARIOUS OTHER EXTREMELY FORMAL OCCASIONS.
 RULES
• YOU MUST KNOW THAT IN JAPAN YOU ARE NOT SUPOSED…
- TO TALK ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT,
- TO ENTER THE HOUSE WEARING SHOES,
- TO REFUSE WHAT HOST OFFERS YOU
THANKS!