Literacy rates in japan

Japan Literacy rate
The Japanese authorities claims literacy rate in Japan is 99% for Japanese more than 15 years old,but that's ca be very prejudiced. Most Japanese can not understand or spell every kanji (characters). Basically, since the writing system is more complex, and because children learn it from kindergarten forward, more people have more exposure to it and there's more of a motivation for learning it that in the rest of the world.Educating normally starts before grade one in preschool education (yochien) and is free and mandatory for elementary and junior high (grades 1-9). More than 99 pct of elementary school aged minors attend school. Most students who complete junior high go on on to high school (grades 10-12). More or less third of high school graduates and so go on for higher education. Most high schools and universities accept students on the base of difficult entrance exam. Rivalry to get in the best high schools and universities is merciless since Japan’s most honored jobs usually go to graduates of elite universities.

Facts about japan:Japan Shinkansen train

Japan Shinkansen bullet trains

Japan train network is without doubt the finest s in the world,particularly the fastest Japan Shinkansen train or Japanese Bullet Train that links the major Japanese cities.
Japan's fast Bullet trains are named Shinkansen and are controlled by the Japan Railways.Japan train network allows traveling at a maximum speed of 270km/h.Shinkansen trains use independent rails and platforms separated from all other trains. All Shinkansen routes start out and finish at Tokyo's main stations.
The Shinkansen trains are the most favorite form of transport in Japan.Shinkansen train today has turn in to one of the most typical part of Japan's super modern rail transportation system.
Since the 1964 when Shinkansen trains went in operation the Shinkansen have registered no fatal accidents.

Japan Shinkansen bullet train

Mount Fuji, Japan

Mount Fuji, Japan


Mount Fuji (Fujisan) is with 3776 meters Japan's highest mountain. It is not surprising that the nearly perfectly shaped volcano has been worshipped as a sacred mountain and experienced big popularity among artists and common people.

Mount Fuji is a dormant volcano, which most recently erupted in 1708. It stands on the border between Yamanashi and Shizuoka Prefectures and can be seen from Tokyo and Yokohama onclear days.

Mount Fuji on a clear spring day,
Mount Fuji, Japan
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Facts about japan:Is this really Japan ?

Is this really Japan ?
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Is this really Japan ?

Yes it is the liberty Station and yes it is Japan. In fact this statue is the french twin of the New York Famous one. The statue was lend to Japan one year and they put it in Odaiba. Behind is the rainbow bridge, one of the biggest bridge of Japan (except the one that tied Shikoku and Honshu near Kobe).

Facts about Japan: Quick Facts about Japanese culture video

Quick Japanese culture video:

Facts about Japan:Zen Garden

Transport to Japan to experience some beautiful Japanese meditation melody acompanied by traditional Japanese scenery. The music is acompanied by inspirational quotes, many of which are Japanese proverbs.

Facts about Japan:Japan traditional food

Over the centuries the Japanese have evolved a refined and tasteful cuisine extremely sensitive to the times of year.Nowadays Japanese enjoy a mixture of traditional Japanese food, including the basics of rice and miso soup, also equally a lot of seafood (sushi and sashimi for example)

Japanese culinary art personifies its environment and populate. The easiness of getting fresh components led to sushi, high temperature and humidness led to assortments of preserved food like umeboshi,natto, tsukemono and soja sauce.A few good example of traditionalistic Japanese food are Sushi, Soba and ‘Modern’ is specified as specifically Japanese, but converted or influenced by western civilization. A couple of good examples of moderne Japanese fast food restaurant are Mos Burger,and Yoshinoya.

Japanese food is often adverted in connection with a healthy diet because of the large quantity of fish and vegetables and it become a popular type of health food n the U.S. and Europe.


Cooking method of Japanese Traditional food Kansai Style OKONOMI-YAKI:

Facts about Japan:Map of Japan

Facts about Japan:Funny Japan videos

Funny Japan videos
Japanese bear the repute of being a serious ethnic society that honours traditional values and has a serious, moderate approach to living. Japanese would surely profit in if they could loosen a little more, accept life little less seriously and make fun of themselves like they do in this funny videos:

Funny Japan Commercial:


A collection of hilarious pranks from Japanese TV:


Japanese crazy taxi extreme prank:


Funny Japanese game show - marshmallow eating:


MAtrix Ping Pong:

Facts about japan:Capsule hotel

Capsule's Hotels in Japan

A Brand-new trend in Japan are extremely small hotel rooms, configured for Japanese business people. The capsules in these "tube hotels" measure just two square meters and one meter tall.

Nearly all of the capsules are for men, and just few for women.
Each capsule unit has a television, radio set, alarm clock and adaptable lighting and each of these devices may be controlled while laying down, as if you were in a spacecraft.

Inside view of the capsule:

Facts about earthquakes in Japan

Japan earthquake facts

• Japan,is located along the “circle of fire” arc of volcanoes and sea ditches that partly surrounds the Pacific Basin, accounts for almost twenty pct of the earths quakes of magnitude six or bigger.
• A earth tremor happens in Japan at the least every five minutes, and every year there are up to 2,000 earthquakes that can be sensed by inhabit.
• The Great Kanto earthquake of September 1, 1923, which had a order of magnitude of 7.9, killed more than one hundred forty,000 people in the Japanese capital area. Seismologists have told another such earthquake could smash the city at any time.
• Jan 16, 1995, an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 smash central Japanese Islands, crushing the western port urban center of Kobe. It was the most intense quake to strike Japanese Islands in fifty years, killing more than 6,400 and causing an estimated $100 billion in damage.
• Oct twenty-three, 2004, a 6.8 magnitude earthquake affected the Niigata area, about 250 km in the north of Japanese capital, killing sixty-five citizenry and hurting 3,000.
• March 25, 2007, a 6.9 magnitude earthquake affected the Noto peninsula in Ishikawa prefecture, approximately three hundred km west of Japanese capital, killing one-man, wounding additional 200 and destructing hundreds of houses.
•The Tokio metropolitan authorities stated in March 2006 that a magnitude 7.3 quake below Tokyo would likely kill more than 5,600 citizenry and injure nearly 160,000. Official estimations of economical damage suffer more than $1 trillion.
• The Tokyo-Yokohama area, with a population of 35 million, bears the highest evaluation by earthy disasters such as quakes of any of the world’s 30 “megacities”, the report stated.

Earthquake in Niigata and Nagano in Japan 2007 July 16 video:

Facts bout the Japan imperial house

The imperial house

Japan has the royal family preceded by Emperor, but along the current constitution he carries out only the festive duty and there he has no power,not even in emergencies. Japaneses of emperor defines like the symbol of state and national unity. Akihito is current and 125. emperor of Japan. Has taken over the power after deaths his father Hirohita 7. January 1989. and officially become 125. ruler of Japan 12. November 1990. His son apparent heir to the throne Prince Naruhito has married Masako Owada and have got the girl, Princess Aiko.

Facts about climate in Japan

Facts about climate in Japan

Japan has the moderate climate and 4 marked seasons, but because of the endlessness from the north south wobbles varies from the region to the region final north has hibernated chilly, while the final south has the subtropical climate. On the climate aside from this influence season winds which blow with the continent towards the ocean hibernates and in the reverse direction during the summer. The late June and early July are the rainy period (besides in Hokkaido), when above the Japan finds the season rainy front (baiu zensen). In the late summer and early autumn from tropical troughs above the equator develop typhoons and often pass from the southwest northeast, bearing abundant rain. The geographical diversity of Japan he divides in 6 main climatic areas: * Hokkaido: Has the moderate climate with long, cold winters and fresh summers. Precipitation are not abundant, but hibernates on islands usually amasses enough the snow. * the Japanese sea: North-westerner hibernates brings full of snow. During the summer is the region colder from Pacific areas, but sometimes are temperatures extremely high because of the phenomenon of hair dryer, warm wind. * Central highground (Chuo-Kochi): The typical continental climate, with large temperature differences between the summer and hibernates these between are given and spends the night. There is no full downfalls. * the Seto of internal nightmare (the Seto-naikai): Mountains in Chugoku and Shikoku to the regions stop season winds, this coming into being the fine weather through the whole year. * the Pacific Ocean: Has the cold winter with the small snow and hot, damp summer because of the south-east season wind. * Nausei-shoto (Ryu Kyu) or South-west islands: Has the subtropical climate with warm winters and hot summers. Precipitation are abundant, especially in the rainy season.
Frequent is typhoons; in 2004. year to the island has come the record 10 typhoon.

Facts about Japan population

Facts about Japan population
Japaneses.-Nation is settled in the Japan on north-Pacific islands Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, Shikoku, and Okinawa. On islands lives across 120,000,000 the member this Etna-linguistic isolated nation, but they have been listed in more the 38 state. Most they have out the Japan in: United States (1,340,000), South Korea (952,000), Brazil (403,000), Peru (129,000), and in other states along a few tens of thousands; on Falkland to the islands (the 20 member). Japaneses are himself and all language through the history develops without some influences sideways, what they along the culture, customs and language do different from other groups. Along the faith they are mainly the mahayana-Buddhists (54 %), some they have christened and around 11 % irreligious.

Interesting facts about Japan

Interesting facts about Japan
Japan has an interesting tea culture worth exploring, and tea worth trying
Japan is divided into nine large regions and further divided into 47 smaller prefectures
Japan has the seventh largest population in the world
You can catch a train to and from Nagoya every 15 minutes
You can catch a subway train every three minutes in Nagoya
The Shinkansen (bullet train) passes Kris and Jessica’s house every fifteen minutes
The Japanese know more about American politics than Americans do
The life expectancy of the Japanese is the longest in the world.
Japan has an incredibly high rate of smokers (about 60%), and cigarettes can be bought in venidng machines which can be found all over the place.
Japan has 53 working nuclear reactors and is planning to build another 12 ...
Japan has about 1500 earthquakes each year
Did you know that it is considered quite rude to blow your nose in public?