Japan Cultural Influences

　　Japan is known as a cultural country with many different type of unique culture that have attracted many tourists from different part of the world. Some of which are affected since the ancient times like samurai from the Edo Period (1603-1867).

Japans history dates back almost 53,000 years and is filled with interesting and fascinating events. Most of Japans actions have left the major world powers in the world stunned. The base of this amazing country is astonishing just by itself. The base is a bunch of active and large under water volcanoes. Japans uniqueness from the rest of the world ranges from its culture to its very interesting history to the change in government every few hundred years and their trading dilemma with petroleum and their assortment of fish that they export. Japan as a country is so very appealing and kind compared to the rest of the world its no wonder that it’s geographically separate from the rest of the world.

    Japan is a country of many cultures. Japan’s most renowned is the art of the samurai and currently, urbanization. Due to the American occupation in the pacific, Japanese moved from a cultural masterpiece, to an eastern constitutional monarchy. Which is generally effected by a western influence.

The capital of Japan is Tokyo. More than 70% of Japan contains mountains, including more than 200 volcanoes. Mountain Fuji, the tallest mountain in Japan is an active volcano(scientists have not reached a consensus on what defines “active”.) In Japan religion does not play a huge role, the main religions are buddhism, and shintoism. Something very different in Japan to the U.S is in

Japan 's market economy, which is mostly industrial, is the third-largest economy in the world by GDP, which currently sits at 4.92 trillion USD. Japan has one of the world’s largest consumer markets, mostly due to its large population and well-educated work force.

Japan started to change their attitude to Europeans, they welcomed them because they were satisfied by the glory they bring, they traded things like glasses, clocks, and artillery. However it also brought social changes, and Tokugawa rulers started to grow suspicious of the Portuguese and Spanish intention for Japan, so at last, they only trade with Dutch and Chinese in a fixed harbour. Through the trading with Dutch, they began to build up knowledge of Western ideology and world events, according to the knowledge of Western ideas, Japan's scientific, geographical and political knowledge began to grow. Due to the influences foreign countries brought to Japan, Japan become the country we see

Foods there are different from ours. The main thing that they eat is rice and noodles. They eat rice boiled or stemmed. When you go to a restaurant, rice is served with every meal. There are also many types of noodles. Japanese people also like to eat sushi. The foods here are somewhat different. Even though every country has its own foods, all country's probably like to have some of the other cultures foods. When we go out to eat here, you would normally go to a place that has hamburgers and hot dogs, and stuff like that. But there are also places that you can get food like tacos, noodles, sushi, and other foods to.

I have learned so much in Japan, from their religion, to art, to literature. Noh Theater is one of the first forms of theater in the world. The movements are precise and the actors wear rigid masks. Zen Buddhism is very popular here in Japan. Zen Buddhism is about enlightenment through personal meditation. A novel written by Lady Murasaki Shikibu, titled Tale of Genji, talks about high courtiers in Japan.

The islands of Japan are really just the tops of undersea mountains and volcanoes. About only 20% of land is flat, and most of that land already has people living there. The Japanese people didn’t have a written language, until they learned the Chinese language. Seafood, was and is a main part of life due to living surrounded by the sea. Japan had different “cast” or societies. Life for the Emperor, Shogun, daimyo, Samurai, and peasants were all different; it was hard for some and easy for others.

Japan through its own individual country was influenced greatly by China in government and in religion. Firstly,Japan formed a government based on the existing Chinese government. Secondly,Buddhist monks brought buddhism to Japan. The Buddhist presence in Japan was because of Chinese influence. One of the unique qualities of Japan was its geography. China and Japan were both mountainous, but Japan is an archipelago and China is located on a large continent. Another Unique quality of japan in the power that women have in regards to marriage and divorce.

In Japan fish is the most eaten meat, traditionally served with rice or as ramen with broth and noodles. As for

Japan is a country to the east of South Korea, it is made up of many islands that were pushed up from the ocean floor because of the earth moving, and it is completely surrounded by water. The physical features, climate, population density, economic activity, and vegetation make up Japan. The people adapt to these in different ways.

The geographical factor made Japan isolated from other landmass and contributed to form a sense of racial and cultural homogeneity all over the Japan. Japan is an island country. Like China, Japan is mountainous country with mountains of volcanic origins. The soils of volcanic origins were extremely fertile for production and it was the core reason that Japan was an agricultural paradise. Besides that, as an island country Japan had significant impact on its history. Unlike China, Japanese civilization was not constantly under threat of invaders from other land. Therefore, it helped Japan to strengthen the Japanese sense of ethnic and cultural uniqueness. These also allowed them to introduce foreign ideas without worrying about diminutions

Japan has a diet that is very healthy and before 2008 they had a law where you couldn’t be over a certain waist width (Norimitsu, 2008).Ever since 2008, they can’t fine or arrest you but you have to get a checkup every year by a doctor. (Norimitsu, 2008) They usually eat rice, vegetables, seafood, fruit

Did you know that in Japan horse meat is a popular dish? It is often called basashi, sakura, or sakuraniku because of its pink color(sakura means cherry blossom and niku means meat). It is usually served raw as sashimi in thin slices dipped in soy sauce, often with ginger and onions added. This is only one of the fascinating things about Japan that you are going to learn throughout the course of this report. The main thing you are going to learn about Japan in this report is that Japan is an amazing country with a gigantic variety of things to explore.