Culture

By: Sarah Grapentine and Amy Stowers

Language

This is a site where you can hear a Japanese person say "hello"! Check it out!:

http://www.ipl.org/youth/hello/japanese.html

In Japan, they speak Japanese. Japanese people believe that it is very hard to learn Japanese, but many have mastered the language very well. The Japanese characters are called kanji. There are about 2,000 basic character that most Japanese know, and about 996 of the basic characters are learned in elementary school. Most Japanese know English. Some children begin learning English in elementary and the rest begin in Junior High.

Food

These are some of the hors d'ourves that may be served at a Japanese home or meal.

This is food from an actual Japanese restaurant. In many restaurants you sit in booths like in America, but there are some Japanese restaurants that you can sit on the floor and eat.

Japan is very modernized. They have just about every American fast food restaurant that you would want. For instance, they have McDonalds, Subway, and Wendy's. You pay more for the American fast food though because items in Japan are much more expensive.

Celebrations

Link to an annual calendar - http://jin.jcic.or.jp/kidsweb/calendar/calendar/html

Japanese celebration games - http://jin.jcic.or.jp/kidsweb/games.html

Japanese holidays - http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2062.html