Japanese Ethnography Study
Rogelio Mendez
&
Laura Rodriguez
Japan’s History
Has been around before the current
era.
Has had man rulers, from councils to
shoguns, throughout several periods.
Had a major role during WW II, but
today the U.S. and Japan are important
economic partners.
Japan’s Culture
Religion
Arts
Food
Education
Japan’s Religion
Shinto: Japan’s major religion.
Buddhism: Second largest, death is
honored through the Buddhist religion.
Christianity: Brought by European
traders.
Japan and the Arts
Flowers and nature are important to
their forms of art.
“No” is a form of theater, Pine tree
painted into the background is the only
prop on the stage.
Kabuki is the more well-known form of
theater.
Wine and Dine in Japan
Sushi
Ramen
Seaweed
Japan’s Educational System
Borrow from Chinese Confucianism:
Cultivation and Wisdom.
Children are taught reverence for
learning.
Foreign observers saw some problems
with the old system.
Japan’s Ed. System Continued
 During the mid-1980’s
their government
decided to change their
“broke” system.
 Eight areas were looked
at.
 The three level of
educational
bureaucracy went
through some changes
as well.
Japanese Teachers
They are highly revered and well paid
for their services.
They have great health and retirement
plans.
Not enough jobs to go around for all
hopeful teachers. (1 assignment for
every six teachers.
Near and Dear to my Heart
 Nintendo brought back the
video game craze with their
famicom (NES)
 SquareEnix, Konami,
Nintendo, Sega, Etc all
create world-played games.
 I’m addicted to Tetris DS as
of today.