. It has been celebrated for many centuries and holds a very prominent position in Japanese culture .

A MOTIVATING… CULTURE

CULTURE IS…

CULTURE IS

CULTURE IS…

CULTURE IS…

CULTURE IS…

CULTURE IS….

CULTURE IS…

CULTURE IS…

CULTURE IS…

CULTURE IS…

CULTURE IS…

CULTURE IS…

CULTURE IS…

CULTURE IS…

CULTURE IS…

CULTURE IS…!!!!

JAPANESE CULTURE

WHER IS JAPAN?

THE JAPANESE FLAG

Japan Facts, Statistics and Information Population: 127 million people (2010, 10th largest country in the world by population) Total area: 145,920 sq. miles (377,930 sq. km, 61st largest country by total land area, one ahead of Germany (137,882 sq. miles) and slightly smaller than California (163,696 sq. miles)) Capital city: Tokyo (population: 13 million (city), 32.5 million people (metro area); The Tokyo metropolitan area is roughly 50 percent larger than Seoul, South Korea, the world’s second largest metropolitan area with a population of 20.5 million people.) Largest Japanese cities (by population, from most to fewest people): Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Kobe, Kyoto, Fukuoka, Kawasaki, Saitama, Hiroshima, Sendai, Kitakyushu, Chiba Ethnic groups: Japanese (approx. 98.5% of population), Koreans (0.5%), Chinese (0.4%), Other (0.6%) Language: Japanese (prominent dialects include Kansai, Osaka, Kyoto, Tohoku, other) Climate and weather: Japan’s climate ranges from humid continental on the northern island of Hokkaido to humid subtropical on parts of Honshu south to Okinawa Prefecture on the Ryukyu islands. UNDP Human Development Index (HDI): 0.884 (2010, 11th in the world) GDP per capita (International $, PPP): $32,554 (2009) Life expectancy at birth: 83.2 years (world’s longest life expectancy)

AND NOW READ THE TEXT PLEASE !

WHAT DOES IT MEAN? GENKI?

WHAT IS SHE EATING WITH?

HAVE YOU EVER TRIED….?

IN JAPAN THEY ARE GOOD AT IT BECAUSE…

WHAT IS THE NAME OF THIS SPORT?

AND THIS?

WHAT IS THE NAME OF THIS DISH?

WHAT IS SHE WEARING?

WHAT CAN YOU FIND IN A TYPICAL JAPANESE GARDEN?

WHAT IS A SAKURA? . It

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?

KABUKI

A TRADITIONAL JAPANESE HOME

HOW TO MAKE SUSHI

I NEED A VOLUNTEER !

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE GREEK AND JAPANESE CULTURE

THANK YOU for your kind attention! CHRISTOS SKOUTERIS 18-10-2011