A few facts to introduce the country of Japan.
1.) More than 70% of Japan consists of mountains, including more than 200 volcanoes.
2.) There are around 1,500 earthquakes every year in Japan.
3.) Japan is the largest automobile producer in the world.
4.) Geisha means 'person of the arts' and the first geisha were actually men.
5.) It was customary in ancient japan for women to blacken their teeth with dye as white teeth were consider ugly.
6.) For many Japanese couples Christmas is celebrated like Valentine's Day in the western world.
7.) Coffee is very popular and Japan imports approximately 85% of Jamaica's annual coffee production.
8.) There are four different writing systems in Japan. Romaji, Katakana, Hiragana, and Kanji.
9.) Japans literacy rate is almost 100%.
Very interesting facts on Japan!
ReplyDeleteThese are some great basic facts about Japan. I especially like the fact about the writing systems. It is hard to believe that they have such an involved system just to write something down.
ReplyDeletehow interesting. Japan's literacy is almost 100%... that's crazy!
ReplyDeleteJapan is such an interesting place with its history and everything.
ReplyDeleteVery good information...looking forward to more.
ReplyDeleteYou did some serious research. Good information :)
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed all your facts Ashley, there were a wide variety. I knew a few of them, but not most of them. I can't believe they drink so muc coffee.
ReplyDelete