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Japan
Land Of Earthquakes
• Japan is situated on
high-risk zone for
earthquakes
• Earthquakes & Tsunami
are very common .
• In recent times ,
earthquake of Kobe
(1995) & in East Japan in
2011 were the worst.
Culture
• The culture of Japan has evolved greatly over
millennia, from the country's prehistoric
Jōmon period.
Japanese Names
• Some of the most common Japanese family names are Sato,
Suzuki, Takahashi, Tanaka and Watanabe.
• The 1st art of the name reflects family name ,while 2nd part tells
about place a person belongs to.
Like in Tadshita Ohisa , Tadshita is family name & Ohisa is the place
name where ancestors of Tadashita family used to live
• San is used after every name in Japan to show respect .It is like Sir
in English or Sahib in Hindi
Like if you want to call Tadashita Ohisa, you would call him by
Ohisa-san
Greeting
• In Japan, people greet each
other by bowing.
• A bow ranges from a small
nod of the head to a long,
90 degree bend at the
waist.
• When bowing to someone
of higher social status, a
deeper, longer bow
indicates respect.
Japanese Manners
• Japanese are soft spoken
• Showing anger in public is not considered
good
• Saying No is not very common
• Showing respect to Seniors is very important
in Japanese culture
Some Table Rules
• Blowing your nose in public, and especially at
the table, is considered bad manners.
• It is considered good manners to empty your
dishes to the last grain of rice.
• Talking about toilet related and similarly
unappetizing topics during or before a meal is
not appreciated by most people.
• Unlike in some other parts of East Asia, it is
considered bad manner to burp.
Some Table Rules (Continued)
• Do not spear food with your chopsticks.
• Do not point with your chopsticks.
• Do not wave your chopsticks around in the air
or play with them.
• Do not move plates or bowls around with your
chopsticks.
Some House Rules
• When entering a Japanese house or a ryokan,
outdoor shoes are always replaced by slippers at
the doorway (genkan). Slippers are provided by
the host.
• When bathing Japanese style, you are supposed
to first rinse your body outside the bath tub with
a washbowl. Afterwards, you enter the tub,
which is used for soaking only. The bath water
tends to be relatively hot for Western bathing
standards.
Some House Rules (Continued)
• Most Westerners are not used to sitting on
the floor, however, in Japan sitting upright on
the floor is common in many situations. For
example, meals are traditionally held on a
tatami floor around a low table.
SOME WORLD FAMOUS
JAPANESE ARTS
Martial Arts
Japan has given birth to several types of Martial Arts.
• Sumo ,considered by many to be Japan's
national sport, has its origins in the distant
past.
• Swordsmanship, the art of the sword.
Katana is a type of Japanese sword also
commonly referred to as a "samurai sword
• Judo , literally meaning "gentle way" or
"way of softness", is a modern grapplingbased martial art.
• Karate literally means "empty hand".
Paintings
• Painting has been an art in Japan for a very
long time.
• Chinese papermaking was introduced to Japan
around the 7th century.
Calligraphy
• The flowing, brush-drawn Japanese language
lends itself to complicated calligraphy.
Ukiyo-e
• Ukiyo-e, literally "pictures of the floating world ."
Ikebana
• Ikebana is the Japanese art of flower arrangement.
Bonsai
• Bonsai is the art of growing trees, or woody
plants shaped as trees, in containers.
Kimono
• The kimono is a Japanese traditional garment
worn by women, men and children. The word
"kimono", which literally means a "thing to
wear" (ki "wear" and mono "thing"), has come
to denote these full-length robes.
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