Flag and money facts
What is Japanese money called?
Yen
How many MAIN islands does Japan have?
4. Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
What is the main crop of Japan?
Rice
What public transportation goes up to 200 miles per hour?
The bullet trains
What natural disaster happens up to 1500 times a year
earthquakes
Describe the Japanese flag
A white flag with a red circle in the middle.
What ocean does Japan touch
Pacific Ocean
Name some animals that we talked about in our studies
Cranes, iriomote, macaque monkeys
Name some technology we learned about that is made in Japan
cars, TV's electronics, phones, and robots
What is Bonsai?
Tiny trees that are trimmed in a specific way. The trees can live for hundreds of years
What does "yen" mean?
round, like a circle
Give an estimate of how many TOTAL islands are in Japan
Approx. 3000
What main resource does the sea provide for the Japanese people.
Fishing
What is the name of the silk robes that Japanese people wear for funerals, weddings or special festivals?
What is the name of the most famous castle in Japan?
Himeji Castle
Why do they call it "the land of the rising sun"?
Because Japan is the first part of Asia that sees the sun rise.
What is the capital of Japan?
Tokyo
How many days a week do Japanese children go to school?
5 days a week
How many written languages do the Japanese people have?
3 - Hirogana, Katakana, and Kanji
What is Ikebana?
A Japanese art of flower arranging that has a lot of rules to do it properly.
Describe what Japan's flag represents
A red sun rising
What is the tallest mountain in Japan?
Mount Fuji
What is Oragami? Bonus if you can say why it originally was used
Paper folding. It started as a part of a religious ceremony
Name the the titles of leaders of Japan
Emperor, prime minister (who is over the legislative branch of government)
What blooms every season and signals to the Japanese people that it's time to start planting rice?
The cherry trees with cherry blossoms