Japanese life style

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Famous Japanese traditional clothes is "kimono." Nowadays we don't wear kimono except for some occasions such as Coming-of-age ceremony or wedding ceremony or New Year's Day.

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Boys wear this high collared jackets, which is typical in Japanese junior and high schools. It is called "gakusei-fuku," students' uniform. This is originally an army uniform.

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One of the popular girls' uniform is sailor-suit. This is originally a Marine sailor suit.

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Even in summer they wear suits. Oh, they look so hot.

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We can see many women wearing skirts.

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In summer they wear short pants.

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She wears a towel on her head and wears working clothes.

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Our staple food is rice. Rice is delicious, warm and tasty.

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These are used for the Japanese tea ceremony. Imagine how you use them.

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Typical Japanese breakfast is like this; rice, miso soup, fish, pickles, and seaweed.

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In box lunch, we have onigiri or rice balls and eggs.

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All the family members get together at dinner. Hot pot and sukiyaki will be nice.

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We can enjoy sushi at the conveyor sushi shop.

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In Japan mothers make every meal.

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Sometimes fathers do, but is it reallly so?

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We eat rice with a rice bowl on our hands. Before we eat, we say, "Itadakimasu," with our palms together.

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We use gas cooking stove. Not so many kitchens have dishwashers. So we use dishwashing liquid to wash the dishes. And of course, we have a rice cooker.

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Refrigerator's size is almost the same.

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In a sink cabinet we have a corner trash bag, where we gather the raw garbage. We dispose them with other burnable garbage.

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Of course we have McDonalds. Beef Bowls and other Japanese fast food shops have became popular.

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Children love dessert, for example, a crape with whipping cream. However, we don't always eat dessert after the meal.

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How to disposal the garbage is a big problem in Japan. To protect natural resources, every city encourages people to sort garbage.

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Famous Japanese traditional food is "natto." It is made of beans, fermented beans.

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Japanese food: Chawan-mushi Japanese style pudding including chicken, fish, nuts, mushrooms, and some vegetables. It is served warm.

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Two stories buildings are popular. The house is surrounded by a wall or fence. Recently gardening became popular.

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When you enter a house, there is a space to take off your shoes. The floor is a step higher than the entrance space.

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Entrance space and a shoes box We don't wear shoes in the house.

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We have bathtub and place to wash our bodies. We take a bath, not take a shower.

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This is a Japanese style toilet. We crouch not sit on the toilet.

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Washed clothes are hung on the laundry pole outside in the yard or on the porch.

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We use 100 volt.

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We have lights on the ceilings.

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We have air conditoners, but still have kotatsu and stove heater.

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This is an alcove in a traditional Japanese room where art or flowers are displayed On the wall, there is a sacred space, where we decorate with scroll picture and flower arrangement.

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We have sofa on the floor now. Traditionally low table on the tatami room was popular.

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There is a desk to study and a bed to sleep alone.

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Japanese people are not so religious, but we have a small shrine in the house.

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This shrine is one of the traditional Japanese architectures.

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School buildings are usually built of two or three stories high.

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The school name in kanji is written on the school gate.

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Japanese school has a ground made of soil.

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Desks in a classroom 　We have a desk and a chair. We arrange them like this.

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We can see the information about classes, daily schedule, comittees, studnt council news, and so on.

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Corridor is light. One side is classrooms and the other is only windows.

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Elementary school kids wear school bags like this.

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Textbooks are given free from the government. From high school students buy textbooks, which were chosen by each school.

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Elementary schools usually don't have school uniforms, but junior and senior high school have their school uniforms.

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We have many school rules. Even the color of the stockings is limited.

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Of course, we cannot bring their snacka or drinks in the classroom.

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School lunch is delicious and cheap. Students serve the meal in each classroom.

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From lecture style, students gradually have much activities in class.

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The number of students in a classroom

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From the end of July to the end of August, about 40 days are summer vacation. We have club activities at school even in summer vacation.

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5-days-a-week school system has just started in this school year. Some students study at a private school or some enjoy sports.

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Most elementary school and junior high school students walk to school. Some students come by bike. From high school some students come by train.

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Club activities are popular. We have big tournaments and students practice hard every day. They do before and after school.

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Volunteer works are getting popular. For example, gathering trash on the road, visiting home for elderly people, and so on.

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We don't have summer school. Many students go to school almost every day to do the club activity. Sometimes we have school camping in summer.

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Principal is a leader of the school teacher. He doesn't have any right to hire teachers. He thinks of the school's educational policy.

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School teachers not only teach their subject, but also be a club acitvity coach, and give guidance to pupils. Teachers are always busy.

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Each school has its school symbol. Students wear it in their school uniform. Schools put it in a flag.

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Children like to play on a swing. However, children playing on a swing have a terrible accident. So some schools don't let them play on it these days.

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Jungle Gym The name, jungle gym, sounds like American, doesn't it?

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Cars runs left side of the road. Japan followed the road system of the UK.

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Parks are full of people in the cherry blossom season, which is April. People enjoy watching beautiful cherry blossoms, drinking and eating under the tree.

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Railroad stations have ticket gate to check the tickets. Nowadays magnetic storage media is used and machines check the tickets.

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Japanese bus stops have the bus schedule and we can know when the next bus comes.

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Mailbox is imported from England. So it is red. The first post appeared on March fist, 1871.

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Patrol cars are white and black. Emergency dial for police is 110 and for fire engine 119.

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Taxies are the same as America.n taxies seem new and clean, though. Of course we don't have to worry about tips for taxi drivers.

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Ambulance is public one. We can know if ambulance is coming from the sond.

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Video games are so popular. Young people enjoy at video arcade.

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Handy phone is getting popular. Many young people use mail through handy phones.

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Japanese animated cartoon, Doraemon is popular in Japan. Of course Pokemon is popular, too.

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National Flag, "Hinomaru" We rarely see a national flag in Japan. We have various feelings towards the flag.

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We have dome ball park nowadays.

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A Buddist family altar and a household Shinto altar exist on the same place in the house.

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Agriculture 　Japanese self-sufficiency rate in food is 40%, in grains 28%.

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In Japan two generations can live together, but many young couples want to leave home and live themselves.

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When we have visitors, we guess what he or she likes and serve it without asking. Sometimes we don't think it is good to ask what he or she wants.

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This is water supply for fire fighting use. Water is stored under this.

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We can get driver's licence when we are 18 years old.

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Most high schools prohibit part-time jobs. However, many high school students actually do the part-time jobs.

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We have many railroad crossings in Japan. Some of them are rebuilt into elevated or underground.

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New ETC system makes automatic payment possible.

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We have soundproof wall on highways.

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This is a traffic sign, which shows that school is near. The color of the signs are the same as those of America. Blue is safe, yellow is warning, and red is prohibition.

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