Presentation Day 1 introducing traditional Japan to Korean students from Yeungnam University visiting Kansai University.

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3.  Geography & climate
 Prehistoric periods: Jomon pottery, Yayoi rice, Kofun mounds
 Mythical origins of the Imperial family & Japanese nation
 Japanese religions
 Indigenous Shinto religion
 Asian civilization adopted through Buddhism
 Co-existence & fusion of Shinto with Buddhism
 First country to spread Buddhism to the masses
 Classical periods: Asuka, Nara, Heian (Kyoto)
 From Asian influences to distinctive Japanese culture
 Capital moves from west (Kansai area) to east (Tokyo area)
 Kamakura Period: Shogun, samurai, martial arts, tea, Zen
 Edo Period: from warring states to peace and isolation
 Modernizing, not so religious anymore, war and peace again
 Meiji, Taisho, Showa, & present Heisei periods
 Conclusion / last questions & comments

4. Geography and Climate

5. http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=-FMdfB6-DMA

6. http://matome.naver.jp/odai/2139478598254597201/2139651501531105703

7. 伊勢神宮 外宮別宮 月讀宮 - Tsukiyomi no miya (Geku of Ise Grand Shrine)
by Tamago Moffle, 2010, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://flic.kr/p/7QLJKP

8. NARA: 法隆寺 Horyuji temple by ume-y, 2013, CC BY 2.0 https://flic.kr/p/eSekCB

9. KYOTO spring:
Kiyomizu Temple
Summer:
Gion Festival

10. KYOTO fall

11. http://www.waoe.org/steve/Japanese_People_and_Society.pdf

12. http://www.waoe.org/steve/island.html

13. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yayoi_period
http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/history/b_chron-txt.htm
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15. http://i100.independent.co.uk/article/how-strongly-different-countries-
around-the-world-feel-about-religion-in-one-graph--WkKNcG11nx (2016)

17. Japanese ways of thinking
• Other-oriented values
• Individual and peer group
• Concept of time
• Environment and nature
• Status and hierarchy
• Male-female differences
• Importance of age
• Reasons for many suicides
• Human relations most important

18. Social behavior & relationships
• Levels of social distance
– Intimate circle, face relations, strangers
• Politeness, indirectness, formality
– Avoiding confrontation
• Inside and Outside
– uchi & soto, honne & tatemae
– Private self (reserve) & public self (restraint)
• Many Obligations: gimu, on, giri
• Balancing give & take of gifts & favors
– Symbolism of gifts and objects