Fast Facts
This is the capital of Japan.
Tokyo
This is the name of the ocean that surrounds Japan's islands.
the Pacific Ocean
This is the ancient form of Japanese poetry.
Haiku
People in Japan were probably the first people to grow this type of fungi for food.
mushrooms しいたけ
This is the name of a famous Japanese dog.
AKita Dogs
This is the language of Japan.
Japanese
Most Japanese people live in 4 islands such as (fill in the blank).
Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, kyushu.
Haiku poems usually are made up of (#) of lines.
three
The Japanese love to spray this delicious type of liquid on their food.
soy sauce
Japanese kids love to have cats as pets. One kind of cat from Japan has a very short tail.
a Japanese bobtail
This is the major crop of Japan.
rice
Some Japan's mountains such as Mt. Fuji are called these.
volcanoes
This is the ancient art of using a brush to paint Japanese characters.
calligraphy書道
This is a meal of raw fish.
sashimi
This is a type of a fish found in Japan. When this fish is in danger, it blows itself up like a balloon so that other animals won't be able to fit it into their mouths.
a puffer fish?
About125 million refers to this fact.
population
This is the name of Japan's most famous volcano.
Mount Fuji
This is the Traditional type of Japanese theater Performance.
kabuki
This is a special kind of Japanese mustard.
wasabi
This is the nickname for the Japanese animal, famous for being able to survive in very cold weather.
the snow monkey (Japanese monkeys)
This is the name of the Japanese form of currency (money).
yen
The Japanese call their nation Nippon, which means this.
The land of the Rising Sun
This is the Japanese art of flower arrangement.
Ikebana
This type of food is made up of thin slices of meat, bean curd and vegetables cooked in soy sauce and sugar.
sukiyaki
This is a big reptile found in many parts of Japan.
the Japanese giant salamander