Monday 7 September 2020

Japan

 Japan


Japan is a smaal country off main land Asia with millions of people. Japan is made upof thousands of islands but the 5 main islands in japan have most of the population


Early japanese culture was influeced by china because they belived some chinese practices were superiroir to theirs.


cultture and traditons

The traditional family unit in japan is called "kazoku"  comprising of a mother, father and their children. traditionally, kazoku often lives with their elderly parents. however, more modern arrangemmeants. outside world.


The national language is japanese which is the primary spoken language across the country. Old japanese, or kanbun originat from china and the earliest japanese text, the kojik. was written primarily in ancient chinese characters. modern japanese developed during the edo period, between 1603 and 1868.


The city hashosted multiple international events including the 1964 summer  Qlympics and three G7 summits.


There are two main  religions in japan shinto and Buddhism. Shinto is a japanese religion, while Buddhism was imported in the 6th century from china.

Tokyo is japan's capital and the worlds most populous metropoils. it is also one of japan's 47 prefectures, consisting of 23 central city wards and multiple cities towns and  villages west of the city center. The l2u and ogasawaral island are also part tokyo.


Tokyo offers a seemingly unlimited choise od shopping,entertainment culture and dining to its visitors. The city's history can be appreciated in district such as asakusa and in many excellent museums, to common perception , tokyo also offers a number of attractive green spaces in the city center and within relatively short train rides at outskirts.


prior to 1868,tokyo was known as edo. A small castle town in the 16th century, edo beacame japan's political center in 1603 when tokugawa leyasu established his feudal edo had grown into one of the world's most populous cities. With Meiji Restoration of 1868 the emperor and capital moved from kyoto to edo, which was renamed Tokyo Eastern capital.



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