1. Japan…

2. Contents page  The Area The Area  Comparative to AU Comparative to AU  Similarity's / differences Similarity's / differences  Money Money  Food Food  Attractions/ land marks Attractions/ land marks  Flag Flag  History History  Language Language  Culture Culture  Famous people Famous people  Festivals Festivals  Websites Websites

3. The area Tokyo Honshu Kyushu Hokkaido Japan is separated into five main parts Tokyo, Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku and Hokkaido. Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku and Hokkaido cover 97% of japan and Tokyo only covers 3%. Did you know Shikoku is 225 km long and between 50 to 150 km wide. The population over all of japan is around 126 million and 9.1 million live in Tokyo.126 million and 9.1 million Go back

4. Comparative to AU Population Japan population has 127250000 people but is Australia has only 23050000 people. so the difference to these to country’s is 104200000. Go back Power consumed Australia used 5502.0 amount of energy in 2010 when japan only used 3177.0 in 2010. Japan’s climate Australia’s climate The blue means average rain fall The red means the max temperature The dark blue mean the min temperature

5. Similarity's and differences. Japan is unique in its own way when it comes to culture. There are just something's you just cant do any where else not just that but there are so many differences between Japan and AU. For example a traditional tea ceremony and Kanto Matsuri can only be done in japan and nowhere else. That’s something you cant do in AUtea ceremony Kanto Matsuri But if your lucky there are some thing that you do somewhere else or even around the world. For another example there are things that are the same even though there are more differences cars are the same, they both have are in a first rate economy and even though Australia has less people in its country they both have a low birth rate. Go back

6. Money A.K.A Yen 50 yen 100 yen 10 yen1 yen 5 yen 1 AUD = 93.933 10.00 AUD = 938.97 100.00 AUD = 9,389.67 1000 yen Instead of money like most country's we know japan uses yen Go back

7. Food Rice balls/ Onigiri Feast Rice Balls Rice balls are also known as Onigiri and is a common food in japan. Onigiri comes indifferent tastes and appearances. A common Onigiri only uses 1.Rice 2.Sea weed 3.Salt, vinegar and sugar (your choice to add). Japan has a amazing amount of different meals all with great taste and style. Japan is known for there traditions of eating and box lunches. traditions In some restaurants it can be found that the food is cooked at the table you sit at. Go back

8. Attractions/ land marks MT Fuji Mt Fuji is a summer time mountain hike for tourist and family's on vacation and is one of the top attractions in japan. Tokyo Tokyo may be a area but it is counted as a attraction because it has more sits and is known for more events. Koya-san Koya-san is another top place to visit in japan and has over 100 temples situated on its slopes. Go back

9. Flag The red circle on the flag symbolizes the sun. Because Japan is at the far West of the Pacific Ocean, the sun rises amazingly over the sea to the East Go back

10. History Japan was hit by a huge earthquake on March 11, 2011, that triggered a deadly 23-foot tsunami in the country's north. Like a normal tsunami it destroyed thousands of dollars of worth. All this destruction was due to a tsunami with the magnitude from 8.9 to 9.0, which is the largest in Japan's history. Again Disaster struck on Saturday, March the 12, about 26 hours after the earthquake. At the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station one of the cooling system failed shortly after the earthquake and people feared it would meltdown. Instead at Fukushima Daini station, they were also compromised but the situation there seemed to be less precarious. Over 200,000 residents were evacuated from areas around both buildings. Problems were later reported at two other nuclear facilities. After all the may hem 1.15 trillion yen went a clean-up job. Go back

11. Language Well if you want to go to japan you should at lest learn how to say and spell there language. こんにちは Kon'nichiwa: hello さようなら Sayōnara: good bye お元気ですか Ogenkidesuka: how are you 私の名前は Watashinonamaeha: My name is….. あなたの名前は何ですか Anata no namae wa nandesuka: what’s your name 結構です Kekkōdesu: no thanks Learn to introduce yourself in Japanese Go back

12. culture Tea ceremony is when a certain amount of people sit down for around two hours listening to traditional Japanese music. The original ceremony was influenced by Zen in which powdered green tea, or matcha is ceremonially prepared The kimono is a traditional type of clothing for men and women to where. Kimonos come in different styles. The word kimono actually means “ something too wear “, not just that the but the first types of kimonos came out in the 5 th century AD. Go back

13. Famous people Mika Nakashima Mika Nakashima is famous singer in japan who has done voices for many shows and played as a character called Nana Osaki in the movie NANA. Her past life is much different though because when she was in high school she left to start her singing career. She is 32 and her star sign is Pisces. Ju Darvish is a famous baseball player who in 2012 joined up with the Texas Rangers and is a BLM ( major league baseball). He help lead his team to the strikeouts in 2013. Though before fame he won gold in a Classic game, which was played at Dodgers Stadium. Ju Darvish Go back

14. Festivals Yokote Kamakura Festival is dated on the 15 th and 16 th of February and has been around for more than 400 years The festival features many igloo-like snow houses, called kamakura, which are built across the city. Kanto Matsuri is when over 200 hundred year old bamboo poles with over 46 lanterns hanging from them are heled by people who own the festival. By doing so they go around the city creating a festival. Go back

15. Websites  https://translate.google.com/#auto/ja/my%20name%20is https://translate.google.com/#auto/ja/my%20name%20is  http://www.famousbirthdays.com/birthplace/japan.html http://www.famousbirthdays.com/birthplace/japan.html  http://www.gojapango.com/culture/culture.html http://www.gojapango.com/culture/culture.html  http://www.backyardtravel.com/destinations/japan/things-to-do http://www.backyardtravel.com/destinations/japan/things-to-do  http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3627.html http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3627.html Thanks for watching Go back