日本と日本人
The Japanese flag is called Hinomaru (circle of the sun). The red circle
on the white background symbolizes the sun.
Islands of Japan
Main cities of Japan
Australia has states but in Japan they don’t
have states they have prefectures. Prefectures
are the country's sub-national jurisdictions.
There are 47 of them. The main cities are:
Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto. Tokyo is the capital
city. The population of Japan is 127 million and
99% are Japanese. Some famous Japanese
places are below.
Mount Fuji in Honshu.
Golden Pavilion in Kyoto.
Ginza district in Chuo, Tokyo.
There is a celebration called Shichigosan
(that means 753). Basically all children
can do this when they are 3 years old and
then boys do it again when they are 5
and girls do it again when they are 7. It
is to pray for a long life. Japanese kids
don’t get presents at Christmas or on
birthdays but they get money on New
Years Day.
There are other different celebrations
including:
Tanabata,
Setsubun,
Hinamats-uri and Children's Day.
At Tanabata
(means 7th
evening) festival, Japanese
hang small pieces of paper
on bamboo. On these small
pieces, wishes are written
with
all
one's
heart.
Lily before the 753 celebration
Japanese food is very healthy. That is
the reason that Japanese people live so
long. Most kids usually have rice and
grilled fish for breakfast . Lunch is rice
and vegetables and maybe a little pork or
fish or chicken. At school you have to
have school lunches, you can’t bring a
packed lunch or go home for lunch. You
have to eat everything on your plate or
you are made to apologize at the end of
the meal. Dinner is noodle or Japanese
curry.
Japanese kids study mainly the same subjects
as us but they have to spend a long, long time
learning how to read and write because
English has one alphabet with 26 letters.
Japanese has three alphabets and one of them
(kanji) has thousands of different characters
that they have to learn by heart.
e.g. "Hello Emma, how are you" = こんいちわ
エマお元気ですか
They have elementary (primary) school for 6
years, then junior high school for 3 years and
high school for 3 years. They don’t start school
until they are 6 years old so most kids go to
kindergarten from age 3 to 6. Study is very
important and after school most kids will go to
a cram school to study more. Most Japanese
11 years olds spend 9 hours a day studying and
that means on Saturday and Sunday too!
Thank you
Goodbye
Good day
Cheers
How are you
Please
Good morning
Good evening
Thank you
for a lovely meal
Areegato
Sayonara
Kaneechewa
Domo
Genkee deska
Kudasau
Ohio
combanwa
Gotchi so sama deshta
•Japan is 70% mountains. Japan is made up of
over 6000 islands.
•Japan has about 1,500 earthquakes each year.
•Japan’s national anthem, Kimi Ga Yo (君が代),
is the oldest in the world.
•Three words: "heated toilet seats".
•McDonalds employees will run outside to give
you your drive-thru order.
•It is impolite to tear the wrapping paper off a
gift.
•It is socially acceptable to pick your nose in
public and urinate at the side of the road, but
you cannot blow your nose in public.
•There is at least one vending machine on
every corner.
•The sun is red in Japan and the country itself
is referred to by Japanese people as "the land
of the rising sun"
聞いてくれてありがとう
Kiite kurete arigato – Thank You