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If you ever go to Japan, here are some things you should know…about

food…First, If you ever go to a Japanese restaurant and eat, the waiters or

waitresses give you moist towels before or with your meal. Some of the

most popular restaurants in Japan are KFC, Planet Bombay, and The

Hibachi Steakhouse, etc.

Another weird, yet interesting fact, is that Japanese people love corn,

sesame seeds, and mayo on their pizza. If you want takeout pizza in Japan,

it takes 1 to 3 hours, because it’s so large. One more thing about pizza, is

that Japanese people like octopus and squid on their pizza, and for

birthdays they decorate a pizza like a cake with frosting and all.

Do you like grapes in apple season? Or pineapple in banana season? Well, in

Japan if it’s grape season, that’s the only fruit they eat. Even if you hated

that fruit or vegetable you would have to eat it. If you have fruit, you only

get small portions.

Before we move on to traditions and history, we have to tell you about

some foods Japanese people eat regularly. One food is Bento, which is rice,

vegetables, and meat. Daifuko is a soy flour covered bread with meat inside.

One last food fact is that 85% of Japanese people have never eaten turkey.

Now we’re moving on to traditions for four different subjects. The subjects

are Christmas, weddings, birthdays, and religion traditions. First, religion.

The two main religions Japanese people practice are Buddhism and Shinto.

Buddhism has been around in Japan from about the 16th century, and

Shinto originated in Japan and has been around for about 3000 years.

Don, don, don, don! Here comes the bride! One fact I learned about wedding

traditions is that the bride wears a veil only to hide her horns of jealousy,

from the groom’s mom, who will be the head of the house when the bride

and groom come home. As most people know, Japanese people love

karaoke, so for the bride and grooms after party, all the guests sing karaoke

and do skits.

Here comes Santa Claus, here comes Santa Claus, right down Santa Claus

lane! Now Christmas traditions. Let’s start off with the trees. Japanese trees

are usually artificial and very small. Also, instead of using lights and

ornaments to decorate a tree, they use origami and ribbons. One last fact

about Japanese Christmases is that 73% of Japanese people have sponge

cake on Christmas day.

The last set of traditions is for birthday traditions. Back a long time ago,

Japanese kids under the ages of 3, 5 and 7 died before they even turned 3, 5

or 7. So, when children turn 3, 5 or 7 they get to go to a temple and receive

gifts and sweets from the priests. One more fact is that there’s a Japanese

festival called “Shichi-Go-San” which means 7-5-3.

Now on the subject of clothing. A type of popular shoes are called geta

sandals. Geta sandals were termed geta because of the clack clack sound

they make when walking. It takes tons of practice to be able to walk in geta

sandals and the most familiar geta sandals Americans know about and

wear are the wooden geta sandals.

Old traditional costumes are rarely used and when they are worn it’s only

for festive occasions. Kimonos are called “yukata” and are worn by both

men and women. An accessory to a kimono is a fan, which is decorated with

flowers of the season.

Kimonos consist of four main strips of fabric. Japanese techniques of

weaving and dyeing were originally borrowed from Korea and China. Japan,

Korea, and China were presented in bolts of silk and brocade. Thanks for

reading Japanese for ダミー.

So go now, go to Japan!