JAPAN

Where is Japan?

Japan The equator ★ Australia The Northern Hemisphere We’re here The Southern Hemisphere

How far is it between Australia and Japan?

Let’s work out how many kilometers it is from Sydney to Tokyo. It takes about 9 hours to from Sydney to Tokyo by plane. The plane travels about 900 km per hour. Let’s work out how many kilometers it is from Sydney to Tokyo. 9hours X 900km = 8,100km (Japanese Culture Resources and Activities, Nelson Thomson Learning P.2)

How big do you think Japan is?

8,000,000 sq km 380,000 sq km The area of Australia is The area of Japan is 380,000 sq km The area of Australia is 21 times larger than the area of Japan. Look at the way the map of Japan fits into the map of Australia. (Japanese Culture Resources and Activities, Nelson Thomson Learning P.1)

How many people live in Japan?

127million The population of Australia is 23million (2014:23,344,735) The population of Japan is 127million (2014:126,981,371) (World Population Review:http://worldpopulationreview.com/)

About 5.5 times more people live in Japan than live in Australia!!!

Japan is an island group (archipelago) of 6,852 islands. Do you know? Japan is an island group (archipelago) of 6,852 islands. (Japan Talk: Japan Travel and Culture Guide: http://www.japan-talk.com/jt/new/how-many-islands-are-there-in-Japan)

Hokkaido Honshu Shikoku Kyushu Okinawa Tokyo There are four main islands in Japan: Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu and Shikoku. Hokkaido Honshu is the main island and the location of the capital city of Japan, Tokyo. Hokkaido is Japan's second largest island. It is north of Honshu. Kyushu and Shikoku are close to the south of Honshu. Japan also has a chain of tropical islands to the south called the Ryukyu Islands. The biggest island here is called Okinawa. Honshu Tokyo Okinawa Shikoku Kyushu (Japan Talk: Japan Travel and Culture Guide: http://www.japan-talk.com/jt/new/how-many-islands-are-there-in-Japan)

How many states and territories does Australia have? Australia has 6 states: 1. Queensland (QLD) 2. New South Wales (NSW) 3. Victoria (VIC) 4. South Australia (SA) 5. Western Australia (WA) 6. Tasmania (TAS) There are two mainland territories: 1. Australian Capital Territory (ACT) 2. Northern Territory (NT) How many states and territories do you think Japan has?

The 47 prefectures of Japan The prefectures are also often grouped into 9 regions. Hokkaido Tohoku 2. Aomori 3. Iwate 4. Miyagi 5. Akita 6. Yamagata 7. Fukushima   Kanto 8. Ibaraki 9. Tochigi 10. Gunma 11. Saitama 12. Chiba 13. Tokyo 14. Kanagawa Chubu 15. Niigata 16. Toyama 17. Ishikawa 18. Fukui 19. Yamanashi 20. Nagano 21. Gifu 22.Shizuoka 23. Aichi Kansai 24. Mie 25. Shiga 26. Kyoto 27. Osaka 28. Hyogo 29. Nara 30. Wakayama   Chugoku 31. Tottori 32. Shimane 33. Okayama 34. Hiroshima 35. Yamaguchi Shikoku 36. Tokushima 37. Kagawa 38. Ehime 39. Kochi Kyushu 40. Fukuoka 41. Saga 42. Nagasaki 43. Kumamoto 44. Oita 45. Miyazaki 46. Kagoshima   Okinawa 47. Okinawa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefectures_of_Japan)

Let’s travel to Japan!

Sapporo The Sapporo Snow Festival One of Japan's largest winter events in February. Every winter, about 2 million people come to Sapporo to see a large number of splendid snow and ice sculptures.

Tokyo The capital of Japan A Pedestrian scramble in Shibuya Tokyo tower is a communications and observation tower. Tokyo Skytree is a broadcasting, restaurant, and observation tower. A Pedestrian scramble is also known as an 'X' Crossing (UK), diagonal crossing (US), scramble intersection (Canada), and, more poetically, a Barnes Dance, is a pedestrian crossing system that stops all vehicular traffic and allows pedestrians to cross an intersection in every direction, including diagonally, at the same. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z04NrFXnrM4 Tokyo Tower & Tokyo Skytree Tokyo Tower: Built in 1958 Height 333m Tokyo Skytree: Built in 2012 Height 634m The capital of Japan Aria: 2,188 sq km Population: 13.23 million A Pedestrian scramble in Shibuya One of the world's most heavily used pedestrian scrambles, at Hachiko Square in Shibuya, Tokyo. Over 2 million people per day use this crossing.

Shizuoka Mt. Fuji Mt. Fuji is the highest mountain in Japan at 3,776.24m. Mt. Fuji was added to the World Heritage List as a Cultural Site on 22nd June 2013.

Kyoto Kyoto Kyoto is formerly the imperial capital of Japan for more than 1,000 years.

Hiroshima Nagasaki An atomic bombing of Nagasaki The atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki on 9th August 1945. 60,000 to 80,000 people were killed in Nagasaki. An atomic bombing of Hiroshima The atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on 6th August 1945. 90,000–166,000 people were killed in Hiroshima. Hiroshima Nagasaki The Atomic Bomb Dome is part of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996. The Population of Darwin is 136,245 (3013). The Atomic Bomb Dome is part of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996.

Which part of Japan are you interested in travelling to?

Ogre (oni in Japanese) Other words for ogre include monster and demon. peach (momo in Japanese) Obaasan – Grandmother in Japanese Ojjisan – Grandfather in Japanese pheasant Kibi dango – sweet dumplings made from sugar, rice flour and tofu bowing

Oni in Traditional Culture Oni are prominently featured in the Japanese children's story Momotaro (Peach Boy), Oni (鬼?) are a kind of yōkai from Japanese folklore, variously translated as demons, devils, ogres or trolls. They are popular characters in Japanese art, literature and theatre.[1] Depictions of oni vary widely but usually portray them as hideous, gigantic ogre-like creatures with sharp claws, wild hair, and two long horns growing from their heads.[2] They are humanoid for the most part, but occasionally, they are shown with unnatural features such as odd numbers of eyes or extra fingers and toes.[3] Their skin may be any number of colours, but red and blue are particularly common.[4][5] They are often depicted wearing tiger-skin loincloths and carrying iron clubs called kanabō (金棒?). This image leads to the expression "oni with an iron club" (鬼に金棒, oni-ni-kanabō?), that is, to be invincible or undefeatable. It can also be used in the sense of "strong beyond strong", or having one's natural quality enhanced or supplemented by the use of some tool.

Setsuban (Bean Throwing) Festival Some villages hold yearly ceremonies to drive away oni, particularly at the beginning of Spring. During the Setsuban festival, people throw soybeans outside their homes and shout "Oni wa soto! Fuku wa uchi!" ("鬼は外！福は内！" " Oni go out! Blessings come in!"). Mamemake (bean throwing). Roasted soybeans (called "fortune beans" (福豆, fuku mame)) are thrown either out the door or at a member of the family wearing an Oni (demon or ogre) mask, while the people say "Demons out! Luck in!" (鬼は外! 福は内!, Oni wa soto! Fuku wa uchi!?) and slam the door. This is still common practice in households but many people will attend a shrine or temple's Spring festival where this is done. The beans are thought to symbolically purify the home by driving away the evil spirits that bring misfortune and bad health with them. Then, as part of bringing luck in, it is customary to eat roasted soybeans, one for each year of one's life, and in some areas, one for each year of one's life plus one more for bringing good luck for the year to come. The gestures of mamemaki look similar to the Western custom of throwing rice at newly married couples after a wedding. A supermarket shelf with masks, roasted soybeans and other materials for the festival.

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