Geography Madison Jessica & & Archie Industries of Japan Geography

Population LOCATION

In the year 2014 The population was Japan is surrounded by 126,999,808 the Pacific Ocean and It went down -0.08% so in the Sea of Japan also 2015 it is 126,818,019. known as the East Sea.

Industries

• Japan has some if the most richest people on the planet. • Japan remains the third largest economy in the world, most businesses expand as much as they can. • Japan is one of the most highly developed nations in the world. • Japanese brands like Toyota, Sony, Fujifilm and Panasonic are famous across the globe.

Japanese robot made in a factory. Nature in Japan

• Plum blossoms come out in the early spring and cherry blossoms come out in the mid spring. • There are 160 kinds of wild mammals in Japan, 700 bird species and 32,000 insects species. • Japan’s mountains form beautiful landscapes.

By Amelia, Grace and Elijah.

Natural Events in Japan

• Japan is a country that has lots of natural events. • The types of disasters are floods, earthquakes, typhoons and volcanic eruptions. • On 17th January, 1995, the city of Kobe had a terrible earthquake. • Buildings collapsed and fires spread. • Horrified people hid under what ever they could find. • Over 170,000 buildings fell to pieces. • Tectonic plates (layers of the earths crust) cause volcanoes and earthquakes by rubbing together. BY KIPP, Japanese Housing EVA AND JOEY Introduction In this slide show you will find out how a house started off in Japan.

This is a Japanese house Styles Of Houses City Houses Villages In the cities of Japan In the villages of Japan the they have houses in houses are spread out not like blocks the same as us cities. Also in villages there are in England. lots of bushes and the village is usually surrounded by a forest. Traditional Houses

Traditional houses are wide, long and high. Inside it is square and there usually is art on the walls. It also has lots of windows so it doesn't need a light.

How an elevated house started off

An elevated house started off as just a pile of dirt and then a house was built on top and with legs. then all the dirt was removed to be a elevated house because it was floating so they called it a elevated house.

Tofu was brought to Japan in the Mara period [time period] and is very closely laid with Buddhism + Tofu looks like a butter and a sort of cheese. Sushi is a type of raw fish and is seasoned with vinegar, in a variety of flavours. Soba, long, thin buckwheat, has long been the stable diet of the Japanese cuisine particularly in the Mountiano region.

By Cade, Alice and Thomas Tankastu is breaded and deep fried pork cutlet Dates to the late 19 century when Japan threw open its doors to the Westerners influence. Japan never minded the European origin, ingredients and attention Japanese Festivals and Religion

By Alisia and Auma and Luke Valentines Day

• On February the 14th in Japan it is different to our Valentines, the girls have to give the boys chocolate. • In Japan, women are too shy to express their feelings so it is a great opportunity to do so. • The women mostly make the chocolate because they think it is not professional if they buy it ready made from shop.

Bon Festival

• The Bon Festival is the festival of the dead where the Japanese believe that dead members of their family come to life. • During this period the family’s prepare and cook food, they put out candles (as one of the decorations on their house’s)so that it can Bonlead the Festival dead people to the house. • This is a very important occasion. Cherry Blossom

• In Japan the blossom tree’s (which the Japanese call Sakura) come into full bloom around April. • April is the month when the new school year starts for Japanese children. That’s why cherry blossom makes people think of new beginnings (like our Easter). Religion

• The main religions are Shinto and Buddhism, they believe about these very deeply, Christianity has also taken part in Japan. • In ancient times, the Japanese believed that animals and plants have holy power. • Shinto and Buddhism have both become important parts of a daily Japanese life.

Japanese technology Japan invented many technical objects such as robots, electric devices, cars , computers and computer games, even a space yacht. They used a lot of technology.

Japan invented the worlds first space yacht although the space yacht doesn’t use electricity. It uses the sun’s energy to move.

By Sophie, Summer E and Ethan Windmills on the sea

 Japan made a windmill on the sea, made by Japanese companies who own a lot of technologies.  Most windmills were powered by electricity and they made pollution but this one is powered by the wind. This windmill saves the environment Tremendous Traditional Warriors Sword Ban • In Japan the new ruler did a sword hunt. Armies Ronin would search the country The confiscating swords. This Samurai was because he didn’t want someone to take over Japan.

• After that, the ruler decided to confiscate every weapon in the country.

• The ruler decided to stop people coming in to the By Emma, Arpan country ; because Ronin and Mariyah the Samurai wanted to take his place.

What is a samurai?

These are some swords

Did you know? A samurai is called a Bushi. What did samurais do for a living/money ? • Some of the Did you This is a rich samurais house where and their know? they would children got serve. to rule over • Samurais Japan for usually got 700 years. hired by a rich landowner to • Later, they protect them. ruled a military • They also class and served the law they were like a maid there would serve highest you dinner. ranking. SUMO WRESTLING The wrestler who brings his SPORT opponent to the ground or pushes him out of the ring wins. Sumo is Japan’s national sport. It has a history more than 1000 years old. It used to be held as a Many different way of giving sports are played in thanks for Japan. Traditionally harvest. Sumo arts such as Judo, still involves Karalz and Kendo rituals. [Japan fencing] are popular in Japan. Joseph Sumo wrestlers have Summer Y a short life, 60 to 65 Laiba years. Baseball

• Baseball is one of the most popular sport in Japan. • There are 12 professional baseball teams, half in the Centre League and half in the Pacific League. • The teams in each league play about 140 games each during the season, at the end of which, the 2 league winners meet in Japan’s Series Final. Japanese Hobbies Hobbies are things you do for fun.

By Logan , Caleb and Billy

In Japan, the people use a wide range of hobbies, for example, origami and theatre. Origami

• Origami is a hobby in which you fold a sheet of paper in to a model. • You can make lots of animals like the dragon (above). • The name Origami is made from two words - ori and kami. • The Japanese word for paper is kami and the Japanese word for folded is ori. • In origami you turn a simple piece of paper into a piece of art.

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Japanese theatre

• Kabuki is a style of theatre which mixes drama and dance. It is famous for wild costumes and real sword fighting. • The performances often lasted a whole day. • 5 plays are usually performed every show. • Until 1680 they used real swords. • People often shouted at the actors when it is scariest. • The modern Japanese theatre started after the bombing of Horishma (World War 2). ART & CLOTHING

By Neve, Samuel, and Madelaine THE TRADITIONAL KIMONOS Originally, “kimono” meant ‘thing to wear.’ Kimonos are always raps around the body left over right. Furisode, is a type of kimono for the unmarried ladies with floor length sleeves. Mons are symbols you can have on kimonos ,they represent the family.

YAKATA  Yakata is rare to see on a normal day.  Ladies wear them at festivals in the summer.  The Yakata is very expensive nowadays.  It is sometimes worn at home.

UCHIKAKE  The Uchikake is a very heavy kimono.  It is worn like a coat by a bride.  Its end worn trailing on the ground. ART Manga o Manga is used for cartooning and comics. o It was created in the 19th century. o In the 1950s Manga became a major thing in Japan.

ORIGAMI  Origami means paper folding. Ramie meaning paper and Ori meaning folding.

More Art Ceramics

Japanese Pottery is one of the oldest types of art. In Japan there are six main types of art. Here they are : -Earthenware art -Unglazed stone ware art -Glazed pottery -Porcerline art -Mawy art -Origami