Japan

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Japan
Area almost 378 thousand sq km fits into
Australia over 20 times. - 6 areas, made up
of 47 prefectures 4 states, 95 cities 6
ports Islands in the Japanese
archipelago - approximately 3900
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Facts about Japan



Literacy rate - 99
Population - 127 million
people National flower - SakuraCherry
Blossom National exports - cars, rice,
electrical goods Capital - Tokyo Latitude
of 35.4N, (same as Tehran about the same as
Los Angeles (34.05N) Crete (35N) Weather -
Summer is preceded by one month of very heavy
rain therefore summer is humid average annual
snowfall at Niseko ski area in Hokkaido more than
11m Worlds busiest station - Tokyos Shinjuku
Station, servicing 740, 000 passengers a
day Female life expectancy - 84.5 years Number
of ramen restaurants more than 200, 000
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Tokyo
The Capital
Night view of Shinji Lake and Matsue city in
Shimane prefecture
The difference
Stone garden of Kongobuji Temple on Koyasan
Come Explore
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Japan and Australia- Experience the difference
Japan
Australia
North of Tokyo
Queensland

• From Spring to winter.(31?-1?)
• Rice, Fish, Vegetable
• From April to March. 5 years old to 18.
• Club activities, Part-time job, Mountains,
  Shopping
• Soccer, Baseball, Basketball, Sumo

Season
Food
School
Holiday
Sports

• From Summer to spring.(38?-8?)
• Meat, Bread, Vegetable
• From Jan to Dec. 5 years old to 17.
• With family, Part-time job, Shopping, Coast
• Football, Cricket, Swimming, Tennis

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Popular Japanese Food - Taste the Difference

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• Sushi
  
  Tempura
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  Sukiyaki
• (boiled meat
• veggies)

Okonomiyaki veggie pancake
Ra-men (noodle)
Curry with rice
Lunch Box
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Japanese Icons

• National flower is SakuraCherry
• Blossom

Mt. Fuji (view from Heda on the Izu Peninsula) is
approx 1,800 ft high has mountain huts lining
the ascent.
National animal is Kigi
Two Geisha apprentice (Maiko) performing tea
ceremony.
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Festivals
Festival 'shici-go-san' in Heian Shrine, Kyoto

Japanese girl hanging her New Year prophecy.
Colorful procession of Festival of Ages - 'Jidai
Matsuri'
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Buildings
Kobe Tower and and Maritime Museum in Meriken Park
Narrow streets of a fishing town
New
Old
Nagoya TV Tower and Oasis 21 in Central Nagoya.
Ruins of Nakagusuku Castle on Okinawa
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Hiroshima
Osaka (second bigest city)
Yokohama
City vrs Country
Farm house in the Historic Village of Hokkaido.
Flower fields of Biei.
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Open Air Hot Springs (rotenburo), beside mountain
river
Ukai - Cormorant Fishing in Arashiyama, Kyoto
Mountains or the Sea
Shimanami Sea Road between Shikoku and Honshu
Wild monkeys on Miyajima.
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Temple decoration on Mount Takao
Nagoya Castle
A different culture
Shosenkyo Valley near Kofu
Above the Ryuzu Falls in Nikko National Park
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JAPAN a world of difference away
Live the difference - know the difference will
be in you after your Japanese experience