1. Japan is an island country located in East Asia known for its culture, technology, and natural beauty. Some key reasons the author chose to visit Japan include its successful blend of modern technology with traditional culture.
2. The document provides background information on Japanese people, religion, food, drinks, arts and crafts. It discusses the Ainu, Ryukyuans, and other minority groups in Japan. Arts discussed include origami, ikebana, and furoshiki.
3. Important places to visit in Japan mentioned are Tokyo Tower, Tokyo Dome, Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, and Mount Fuji. The electronic district of Akihabara in Tokyo is also highlighted.
3. Why you choose
Japan for
your travel?
I choose japan because Japan
is a country that has a good
progress in technology but they
culture never gone, it seems
that Japan is the most beautiful
country in the world for us
4. Where is Japan located?
• Japan is an island
country in East Asia in
the Pacific Ocean
• East of China, Korea,
and Russia
• “Land of the Rising
Sun”
5. Japanese People
Japan is famous for its supposed ethnic and social homogeneity, but there
is much more to the story of the Japanese people than this popular
myth. Today's vision of Japanese society includes minority groups that
historically have been sidelined, such as the Ainu of Hokkaido and the
Ryukyuans of Okinawa, as well as Koreans, Chinese, Brazilians and
many more
10. Arts & Craft
Origami
Origami, from ori meaning "folding", and kami meaning "paper"
(kami changes to gami due to rendaku) is the art of paper folding,
which is often associated with Japanese culture.
11. Ikebana
"Ikebana" is from the Japanese ikeru "keep alive, arrange
flowers, living") and hana, "flower"). Possible translations
include "giving life to flowers" and "arranging flowers".
12. Furoshiki are a type of traditional Japanese wrapping cloth
traditionally used to transport clothes, gifts, or other goods.
Furoshiki began to be used in the middle of the Nara period, in
traditional Japanese baths (Onsen).
13. Place to Visit
is a communications and observation tower
located in the Shiba-koen district of Minato,
Tokyo, Japan. Construction started in June
1957 and completed in 1958.
Tokyo tower
14. Tokyo Dome
is a 55,000-seat baseball stadium located in Bunkyō, Tokyo,
Japan. Construction on the stadium began on May 16, 1985, and
it opened on March 17, 1988.
15. Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park
is a memorial park in the center
of Hiroshima, Japan. It is
dedicated to the legacy of
Hiroshima as the first city in the
world to suffer a nuclear attack,
and to the memories of the
bomb's direct and indirect
victims (of whom there may
have been as many as 140,000).
16. Mt. Fuji is a currently dormant volcano near the Yamanashi and
Karagawa Prefectures. Mt. Fuji is 3,776 meters high or 12,388.45
feet. Mt. Fuji is also known as Fuji-san and is a well known
landmark
Mountain Fuji
17. is a district in the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo, Japan. The name
Akihabara is a shortening of Akibagahara "autumn leaf field",
which ultimately comes from Akiba, named after a fire-
controlling deity for a firefighting shrine built after the area was
destroyed by a fire in 1869.
Akihabara