なまえ:______________
Japanese Zodiac
Visit this website http://japanesezodiac.com/ and click on the tabs at the top of the page to find the
answers to these questions.
Write your answers in full sentences in your notebook and hand in at the end of the lesson.
Alternately, type your answers and email to kylie.cuff@ntschools.net at the end of the lesson.
1. What is the main difference between the Western Zodiac and the Japanese Zodiac?
2. From where and when was the zodiac originally introduced to Japan?
3. How is the Japanese Zodiac still maintaining its influence in modern day Japan?
4. Choose one Japanese legend and explain why the twelve animals were chosen to be in the
zodiac calendar.
5. Click on the Zodiac Signs tab and scroll down to find your zodiac sign. Write a summary of
- what order your zodiac is in the calendar (1st, 2nd, 3rd etc)
- personality traits
- ways you can identify someone of that zodiac
- compatibility with other signs
6. After finding out more about your own Japanese zodiac sign, do you think the descriptions
match your personality? Why/why not?
7. What is animal time?
8. Write the correct time frame underneath each zodiac sign.
9. The animals of the hour you were born in are called secret animals, and they are considered
your true self. Do you know what time you were born? If so, find the animal of your birth
time. Does the personality description match?
10. Rewrite this paragraph in your notebook and fill the gaps with the correct word.
Along with the Japanese Zodiac, the ABO ________ type is widely used in Japan to
understand a person’s temperament and _____________. It’s a popular _______ that
people in the _______ blood groups have similar personality traits.
Based on the ABO blood group system, type __ and type __ accounts for about 40% and 30%
of the Japanese population respectively, while type __ and type __ are only 20% and 10%.
11. Do you know your own blood type? If so, do the personality descriptions match your
personality? If not, which blood type do you think you might be?
12. Almost every Japanese person knows their own blood type and Japanese zodiac sign. If you
made friends with a Japanese person or visited Japan, do you think it would be good to
know your Japanese zodiac sign and blood type? Why/why not?
13. What other cultural differences would you need to take in consideration when meeting a
Japanese person?