Japanese Culture

Japanese culture

introduction

The culture of Japan has developed significantly finished the centuries, from the nation's ancient time Jōmon period to its contemporary present-day culture, which retains impacts from Asia, Europe, and North America. Japans history is composed throughout the world because of wars and trade, particularly with the United States. Japan is exceptionally secluded and lacking in basic resources, in view of its moderately awful geography, it is one of the greatest importers the world has ever known. Solid Chinese impacts are yet apparent in customary Japanese culture as China had verifiably been a provincial powerhouse, which has brought about Japan engrossing numerous components of Chinese culture first through Korea, at that point later through direct social trades with China. The occupants of Japan encountered a long stretch of relative disconnection from the outside world amid the Tokugawa shogunate after Japanese missions to Imperial China, until the landing of the "Dark Ships" and the Meiji period. Today, the culture of Japan remains as one of the main and most noticeable societies around the globe, mostly because of the worldwide reach of its pop culture.

Food

The cuisine of Japan is very well known around the words with some particularly well-known dishes like sushi, ramen and etc.

The traditional cuisine is based on rice with miso soup and Side dishes often consist of fish, pickled vegetables, and vegetables cooked in broth.

Seafood is also quite common, it is often grilled but is commonly served raw as sashimi in sushi.

Language

.  Japanese is the official national language of Japan.

. The Japanese language is strongly inspired by Chinese like the kanji which uses exact Chinese characters.

. The Japanese language is made up of 3 different parts: hiragana, katakana and kanji

Religion

The two major religions in Japan are Buddhism and Shintoism. Shintoism is as old as Japanese culture, but Buddhism was introduced from the mainlined in the 6^th century. Since then both religions managed to co-exist together somewhat agreeably. Most Japanese people think of themselves as Buddhists or shiniest- maybe even both

Popular Culture

Japanese popular culture has been highly regarded and is highly popular around the worn.

Many popular films, video games, anime manga have all developed from many old traditions.

Their themes and styles are very much like old art forms.

Anime and manga are highly popular in Japan and also very popular around the world with many people reading the Japanese comic and watching the cartoon versions of them known as anime