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Japan 日本

Japan 日本. A Look into the Modern Culture of Japan. Regions. Fourty -seven Prefectures in Total Each of the regions has its own dialects Weather also varies in each of the regions and prefectures. Flag. Red Dot represents the Sun, hence “Land of the Rising Sun.” Adopted in February 1870

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Japan 日本

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  1. Japan日本 A Look into the Modern Culture of Japan

  2. Regions • Fourty-seven Prefectures in Total • Each of the regions has its own dialects • Weather also varies in each of the regions and prefectures

  3. Flag • Red Dot represents the Sun, hence “Land of the Rising Sun.” • Adopted in February 1870 • Used to be used by samurai and daimyo (lords)

  4. East Meets West • Post World War II – A beginning for a new attitude in Japanese Culture Early Popular Culture: • “Enka”(演歌), a type of music style unique to Japan; “renaissance” of this music • “Anime” (アニメ), the first Japanese animation show Astro Boy by Osamu Tezuka • Seven Samurai (七人の侍 )was the most influential Japanese film nationally and globally, setting up the standards for Japanese cinema • Cuisine (和食); a mixture of Japan’s staple food and food imported from across the seas; tofu, miso, soba, and udon are a few examples of staple foods

  5. Cuisine • Lunch boxes (弁当), wide range of variations of homemade foods (“convenience”) • Rice is the staple food of Japan; it is illegal to bring rice from outside into the country!

  6. Food Tales • Old Tales from Japan say that the moon looked like a rabbit (うさぎ,usagi) pounding up mochi there... • Momotaro (ももたろう) or “Peach Boy” tells of a boy from a giant peach who had super strength and could help defeat the evil Oni (ogre demon)

  7. Language • Hiragana |ひらがなcharacters usually used for domestic words • Katakana |カタカナcharacters used for some names and foreign words • Kanji | 漢字characters borrowed from China to form names and words • Romajicharacters in English that spell into “Engrish”

  8. Street Fashion Certain fashion styles can be traced from different prefectures of Japan(Lolita derived from the Kansai region, etc.)

  9. Kawaii!! | かわいい!! • Did you know…?Japan sent ambassadors dressed up in Lolita fashion wear? It was to show Japan’s pride in everything “kawaii” or cute… ピカチュウ! Hello, Kitty!~

  10. Cosplay |コスプレ

  11. 見ていただきありがとうござい！近く日本を訪れてください！Thank You for Watching! Please Visit Japan soon!

  12. Travel Channel’s Tokyo Revealed • http://youtu.be/t4L6A1wpzY8 Part 1 • http://youtu.be/Sz_lJPsx1Bg Part 2 • http://youtu.be/xTSAV8dCfSY Part 3 • http://youtu.be/nRJBGXnLhsI Part 4

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