Japan for more than three thousand islands, the largest of the islands oluşur.Bu Honshū, Hokkaido, Kyūshū and Shikoku islands constitute 97% of the country. Most of the islands are mountainous, and consists of some volcanoes. Japan's highest mountain, Mount Fuji is a volcano. Japan 128 million, the tenth largest country in terms of nüfusyla is the world's population. In the area surrounding the capital city of Tokyo with a population of over 30 million of the world's largest metropolitan areas creates.
Archaeological research since the late Paleolithic era, shows that people living in the Japanese islands. Japan's first name written in history as the 1st century in China through the text. Impact on Japan from the outside world after being isolated for so many years has been shaped. Contemporary Japanese culture, external influences and internal developments are a mixture. Since the adoption of the constitution in 1947, Japan is governed by parliamentary republic. The head of state of the Japanese emperor, the prime minister is head of government. The parliament has elected.
According to the Gross Domestic Product in the world after the United States, Japan, the second sıradadır.Birleşmiş Nations, is a member of the G8 and APEC. The defense budget is the fifth world. The world's fourth largest exporter and sixth largest.
CULTURES
Kimono is the most important elements of Japanese culture. The Japanese kimono almost magical büyülenmişcesine seremonik bars and polite behavior they exhibit. There are also differences in the kimono. Kimono sleeves are short of married women. If singles are long. 20 years of pressing young girls in the family wears a kimono and with a ceremony to celebrate 20 years of age.
In Japanese ceremonies, and always have a calm spirit to the work of a life with nature. Kadō (language, ikebana, also called the People) is the world-famous Japanese art of flower decorations.
Separation of men and women in traditional Japanese culture, as there is intense. Japanese say the least 'male language' and 'women's language' is. A very masculine language when talking with men of women belonging to this language does not have the words quite right to use an exclamation. In Japanese culture, but today the dominant language of alienation, as each area was also affected.
Religions: Nara 'cause in a majority of the people of both religions in the ceremony katılmasıdır.Örneğin Shinto wedding ceremony usually is done according to religious rules. In the funeral ceremonies in general are Buddhist. Country's indigenous Shinto religion. In forests, mountains, seas, in short, in nature, "kami" of the so-called spirit believed to have lived. The old communities that live in harmony with nature spirits were the counts. Shinto religion is the basis of this belief. Later in the spirit of ancestors and heroes added. In some homes offering food to the spirit of "god shelf" is found. Unlike the Shinto Buddhism 6 century, came from India via China and Korea. 16 for the first time century, Portuguese sailors came through Christianity was accepted by a small fraction of the population.
CLOTHES
After a long period of closure to the outside 19 Starting in the second half of the century Westernization efforts of the people, reflected in his clothes. Today's Western style clothing, is the result of this process. However, with westernization of Japanese traditions alive, even for a moment whether the development effort did not leave. In this context, the traditional dress on special occasions, people who do not neglect to wear kimono. Kimono, body wraps and town wide belts (obi) that connects to both traditional and world famous giysidir.Yeni year celebrations, marriage, special days, holidays or graduate days of youth, the elderly, women, men, the Japanese often kimono wear. Marriage and similar official ceremony, the groom with the bride to wear black and wear the crest. On a very wide-legged pants of the men kimonos (hakama) and plenty of jackets (haori) wear. A kimono are very expensive. Their eyes look like the Japanese kimono. Kimono from mother to daughter, is transmitted from father to son to wear. Kimono is not easy to install and obi'yi properly. For these women will receive private lessons. Is wearing normal shoes and socks when wearing kimono. Shoes instead of high wooden clogs (geta), as might be made of cotton or leather (Zori) to wear sandals. The special cotton kimono socks (of course) are worn. The most distinctive feature of these socks in place of thumb is that it is built. Between the thumb and other fingers in socks, sandals and has holes for the passage of bond. The other is a clothing like kimono Yukata'dır. Yukata cotton, easy, at home or at summer festivals such as robes are worn clothing.
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