Conoce cada detalle y cada aspecto sobre el país del Sol Naciente. Desde la tradicional vestimenta hasta algunos de los problemas sociales más sonados:el suicidio.

1. Soberanes Hernández Saúl

2.  Total
territory: 377,915 km2.
 Population:
127.3 million (2013)
 Density
of 337,7 people per square kilometer
 Capital
city: Tokyo

3.  Government:
Constitutional monarchy
 Head of state:
emperor Akihito (since 1989)
 Head
of government: Prime minister: Shinzo
Abe since September 2012.

4.  The
word 'Japan' has its origin in the word
'Nippon‘.
 The literal translation into Spanish is "the
sun's origin".
 Therefore, the official name of the nation
and original Japanese is Nippon-koku, "the
country of origin of the sun".

5.  The
national currency is the Yen.

6.  Japan
is divided in 9 regions, and these
regions are subdivided into 47 prefectures.

7.  Japan
is a unique island, the only limits it
have are South Korea, North, and Russia.
 Japan
comprises more than
3000 islands.

8.  The
Japanese flag represents the circle of
the sun.
 It’s traditional origin was born because of
Amaterasu Omikami, is in the Japanese
mythology the goddess of sun and the origin
of the Japanese Imperial family.

9.  The
National Anthem of Japan is called ‘Kimi
ga yo’

10. A
big percentage around the country speak the
Japanese language.
 This
language and the local dialects are
related with Ryukyuan languages (spoken in
Ryukyu islands) in the south side of the
country.
 There
are theories which
consider the Japanese
language as a secluded
language.

11.  It’s
an agglutinant language, it’s a complex
writing system and have 3 kind of glyphs:
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The Chinese symbols, called kanji, too, and were
introduced from China since the fifth century.
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Two primers: hiragana and katakana. Both created
on Japan in the century ninth

12. Kanji
katakana
H
I
R
A
G
A
N
A

13. The Japanese food is alike the Chinese food with
respect the shushaku, the five carbohydrate foods
(rice, wheat and oats, common millet and ozaku),
these foods help to flavor the principal food,
generally the food is salty.

14.  Congee
 Donburi
 Sushi
 Ramen
 Anpan

15.  In
Japan we can find two sort of clothes:
traditional and modern.
 The traditional is wearing the
famous ‘kimono’ (literally
‘thing to wear’) and women,
men and children can wear
it only in special situations.

16.  Yukata:
it is like a summer ‘dress’.
 Hakama:
 Jinbei:
a ceremonial clothes.
a male article of clothing, like a pajama.
 Junihitoe:
is a sort of kimono but is a female
clothing and exclusively is wear by the noble
women.

18.  Tabi
and jika-tabi: traditional socks.
 Zori:
wearied like sandals.
 Geta:
 Wara
is a kind of clog.
jai: a sandal wearied only by monks.

20.  Sake:
a drink got of rice’s seed.
 Koi
fish: symbolize love and friendship and is
related to mythic dragons in the legends.
 Japanese
cherry: is one of the most known
symbols in the Japanese culture. Also is named
Sakura.
 Cat
Maneki-Neko: it provides good luck and
more money in the business.

22.  The
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Judo
Karate
Kendo
Jujutsu
Sumo
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most practiced sports in Japan are:
most popular sports practiced are:
Baseball
Football soccer

27.  The
Japanese painting has developed through a
combination of many styles, with Chinese
influences, Buddhism and occidental painting.
 Buddhism
was born in China and Korea.

28.  Between
the seventh and eighth century, the
people tried to paint through styles of the last
period of the Six Dynasties (222 – 589) of China.
 During
the mid-term of Heian period, the native
and new style called ‘Yamato-e’ (Nihonga) was
born.

29.  The
calligraphy is difficult because is using
the traditional language written with paint
brush. This art is used in poems, phrases,
histories, etc.

30.  The
Japanese sculpture and it’s techniques
are alike the Buddhism's and Shinto’s
traditions. The golden wood is the common
type of sculpture material.

31.  Is
a print on pieces of wood and provides an
example about the Japanese painting.

32.  Is
the japanese art of ‘Flowery’.

33. 
Famous artists:
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Sayaka Akiyama
Exonemo
Shingo Francis
Groovisions
Nobuya Hoki
Tomoaki Ishihara
Mami Iwasaki
Toru Kamiya
Sako Kojima
Naritaka Sato
Yoshihiko Satoh
Yayoi Kusama
Taiji Matsue
Tatsuo Miyajima
Ryuji Miyamoto

34. 
Famous writers:
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Abe Kōbō
Aeba Takao
Akagawa Jirō
Akutagawa Ryūnosuke
Anzai Fuyue
Ariyoshi Sawako
Ayukawa Nobuo
Dazai Osamu
Endō Shūsaku
Etō Jun
Fujino Chiya
Fujisawa Shū
Futabatei Shimei

35.  Manga
in Japan, is the equivalent word for say
‘comic’.
 In 18th century, the Japanese painter Hokusai
used to call at this way his drawings: It was a
combination of drawing and text.

36.  After
Second World War, born in Japan the
called ‘emonogatari’.
 It’s
the result of contact between Japanese
and western comics.

37.  It
started in 1947 with Tezuka Osamu, a failed
doctor, who copied Disney’s style, created a
story about robots named ‘Putcha’.
 His
most important project was ‘Tatsuwan
Atom’ (Astro Boy)

38.  Actually,
stand:
 Akira Toriyama with his famous ‘Dr. Slump’
and ‘Dragon Ball’,
 Rumiko Takahashi with her famous ‘Ranma
1/2’,
 Mazakazu Katzura with the famous ‘Video
Girls’.

40.  Manga
is not a genre, but a style could be.
 There
are many kind of manga: for children,
teenagers, adults, etc.
 There
are specific topics about manga:
Love
 Horror (gore)
 Sci-fi
 Humor
 Action
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 And
the most important point, in each anime
exists a little part of each genre.

41.  It
is the most important magazine about anime
on Japan and around the world.
 In
1992 were sold 400 million of comics as
format volume.
 During
a month, can be sold 125 million of
magazines.

42.  Dragon
Ball and Captain
published at this magazine.
 This
Tsubasa
were
magazine sold above 6 million of copies
each week with above 300 pages each one!!!

43.  Manga
for women is called ‘shojo’ and manga
for men is called ‘shonen’.

44.  Manga
for adults (exclusively adult people) is
called ‘Hentai’ and it’s most exponent
representative is Urotsukidoji (The Legend of
the Ovefiend).
 It’s a mix of violence and pornography.

45.  After
modern manga was born, it’s
consequence born, the animation for television
and cinema, called ‘anime’.
 For
Japanese people, anime is whatever kind of
animated draw but in West the use of this word
is for cartoons which origin is from Japan.

46.  Anime
for TV was born on 1962 with the
program ‘Manga Calendar’, it started on June
25th 1962 and ended on July 4th 1964.
 The
true anime’s beginning started with Tezuka
Osamu with the animated version of Tetzuwan
Atom (Astro Boy) and was transmitted since
January 1st 1963 to December 31st 1966.
 Jungle
Tatei (Kimba, the white lion) was the
first anime in colors.

48.  Anime
has the same characteristics than manga
but as it’s an animation, new characteristics are
included:
 6 photogram per second in an normal action.
 American animation uses 16 photograms.
 The
action scenes are statics and show different
perspectives of the same situation.
 It
stays the same background.
 If
it’s possible, saving animation.

49. 
In the 80, OVA are born (Original Animation for
Video).
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Best quality, both in drawing and in the
animation.
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The story is shorter, is quickly and the video is
the only format.

50.  Toei
Doga is the most important producer
talking about anime.
 Many
 The
anime have a equivalent manga.
most famous are:
 Dragon Ball
 Sailor Moon; and
 Neon-Genesis Evangelion

52.  The
most famous movies are:
 Tonari no Totoro (My neighbor Totoro)
Mononoke Hime. Both are property of Hayao
Miyazaki.
 Hotaru no Haka (Tomb of fireflies) of Isao
Takahata.
 Akira and Memories, of Katsugiro Otomo

54.  Mangaka
is a person who draws anime.
 Seiyuu is a person which work is lend the
voice to a character.
 Otaku is a person who ‘loves’ anime and
manga.

55.  Trains
in Japan are always in time, there are
punctual.
 Sometimes the trains arrive late with a
phrase on a monitor like ‘there was an
accident’.

56.  Baruku
people is a discriminated population
of Japan because the works made by the
ancient members of their families hundred
years ago!!!
 These works were hunters and cops.

57.  Suicide
is the most recent social issue in Japan.
 It is considered like a honorable die when
someone has failed.

58.  Yakuza’s
world was born along the seventeenth
century and actually, still alive.
 Is the most powerful organization in Japan.
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Controls the police and the politician people.
 The
members of this organization have specific
signals: all are tattooed and respect their
‘rules’.
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If someone have a tattoo, could be considered like a
Yakuza’s member.

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