IntroductiontoJapanAfteryouwatchthevideo,let’sfilloutthissheet!

1. Let’scounthowmanyJapan-relateditemsdoyou/yourfamilyhave?_____________items

2. What do you think about the map differences and size difference between America and Japan?___________________________________________________________________________________

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3. InJapan,thereare47prefecturesthatsimilartostatesinAmerica.Inthevideo,youlearned5maingroupsoftheislandofJapan.Nowlet’sseemoredetailintoregioninJapan.Please

jump to this link https://www.japanvisitor.com/japan-travel/prefectures-map and

click one prefecture (try to click the prefecture that you haven’t heard the name

before)!Pleasefilloutwhatyoulearnfromthepageyoupicked!

! Thenameofprefecture___________________________________________________________! WhereistheprefecturelocatedinJapan?____________________________________________! Whataresomeofthecharacteristicsofthisprefecture?_________________________________

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! Whatdoyoufindmostinterestingaboutthisprefecture?_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4. WhereisthecapitalinJapan?_____________WhereistheoldcapitalinJapan?_________________

5. WhatisJapanesecurrencycalled?__________TrytowritetheJapanesecurrencysymbol¥______ThispicturebelowrepresentstheequivalenceofmoneyinAmericaandJapan.

Writedownwhatyoufindoutaboutfromcomparison!______________________________________

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¥100(≒$1) ¥500(≒$5) ¥1,000(≒$10)

¥2,000(≒$20) ¥5,000(≒$50) ¥10,000(≒$100)

¥50(≒50¢) ¥10(≒ 10¢) ¥5(≒5¢) ¥1(≒1¢)

Funfact!¥2,000wasissuedtheanniversaryofyear2000.Japanesepeoplestillnotgetused

touse¥2,000,evensomemachinedosenotaccept¥2,000bills.

6. InJapan,thereisShinkansen(BulletTrain).TheShinkansenmoves320kilometersperhour.1mileisequalto1.6kilometers.Howfastistheshinkanseninmiles?____________milesperhour.

7. WhatkindofJapanesefoodhaveyoutried?_______________________________________________Whichfooddoyoumostwanttotry?____________________________________________________

Japanesefoodiscalled“Washoku”(和食).Washokuwasaddedasa

worldrecognizedIntangibleCulturalHeritagein2013.

8. ThenameofJapanesetraditionalclothingis______________.RecentlyJapanesepeoplewearitonlyforspecialoccasionssuchasaNewYearCerebration,SevenFiveThreeCeremony,Coming

of Age Day and Wedding Ceremony (if they choose. The western wedding style has

becomemorepopularrecently.)

9. WhendoJapanesepeoplebow?________________________________________________________ Howmanydegreeswouldbeproperwhenyoumeetsomeone?_______________________________

10. Let’spracticegreetinginJapanese! There are three characters in Japan,which areHiragana, Katakana and

Kanji. Hiragana and Katakana are simplified characters from Kanji

(Chinesecharacter)thatrepresentsyllables.

! Konnnichiwa(こんにちは。):Hello.! Hajimemashite(はじめまして。):Nicetomeetyou.

! Watashiwa_____desu(わたしは____です。):Iam___________.! Yoroshikuonegaishimasu(よろしくおねがいします。) : I leavemyself inyourcapablehands.

/Nicetomeetyou/Iamlookingforwardtoworkingwithyou.

Funfact!Wa(和)isoftenusedas”Japanese”suchaswashi(和紙:

Japanesepaper),wagashi(和菓子:Japanesesweets),etc.