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Isolated
far away from people other places, buildings .
Ainu
distinct people of Japan physically distinct from majority population
tsunami
a large sea wave caused by earthquake.
Stoic
person who can take in pain or hardship.
arable
a land that is suitable for growing crops.
Monsoon
a seasonal prevlling wind in the region of south west .
Gohan
gohan is a type of rice that is cooked
Homogenous
meaning the same kind or look alike.
Assimilation
meanest take in knowledge .
kamikaze
aircraft loaded with explosives and making a crash on enemy.
Amaterasu
a japanease sun goddess
kanji
symbols that are used to write in Japan.
kana
are the syllabaries that form parts of the Japanese writing system.
rituals
a religious or solemn ceremony consisting of a series of actions performed according to a prescribed order.
haiku
a Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five, traditionally evoking images of the natural world.
kamuy
is the word for a spiritual or divine being in Ainu mythology.
kami
a divine being in the Shinto religion.
Shinto
a Japanese religion dating from the early 8th century and incorporating the worship of ancestors and nature spirits and a belief in sacred power ( kami ) in both animate and inanimate things. It was the state religion of Japan until 1945.
Archipelago
a group of islands.
Matsuri
is the Japanese word for a festival or holiday. In Japan, festivals are usually sponsored by a local shrine or temple.
Major Island Name
The main islands of Japan are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku.
close countries
Russia and South Korea are the two countries that lie closest to the nation of Japan.
near by water
The Sea of Okhotsk is to the north of the four main islands of Japan, the Pacific Ocean is to the east and south, the East China Sea is to the southwest, and the Korea Strait and the Sea of Japan are on the west.
mountains
73%
Farmland
12.26%
Food Sources
Japan has over a million food sources
Japan’s Self-sufficiency
apan has one of the lowest food self-sufficiency rates among major world economies. Its rate by caloric intake was 79 percent in fiscal 1960 but hit bottom in fiscal 1993. It bounced back to 46 percent the following year but has since stood at around 40 percent.
Japan’s natural resources
rice is a main food in Japan it is ate and its is used as money
History of the Ainu
The Ainu people are historically residents of parts of Hokkaido the Kuril Islands, and Sakhalin. One theory suggests that the Ainu people are remnants of the Jomon-jin, or the hunter-gathers who inhabited Japan during the Jomon Period
Shinto
is the indigenous faith of the Japanese people and as old as Japan itself. It remains Japan’s major religion alongside Buddhism.
importance of rice
It is the primary staple food of the Japanese diet and of such fundamental importance to the Japanese culture that it was once used as currency, and the word for cooked rice
Homogeneous Society
One in which the citizens are like-minded, speak the same language, are born into the same culture, have similar cultural norms and values, and generally trust one another.
emperor
a ruler of many people he makes all the decisions /
daimyo
were powerful Japanese feudal lords who until their decline in the early Meiji period ruled most of Japan from their vast,
