In the last century it Japan was two times considered to be lost without a trace and both times the West was mistaken: in the time of Meidzi revolution time as well as after the World War II. I do not want to tell that old Japan have stayed changeless, not at all, because there will never be new Japan that has lost its connection with the history.
Rober Gillen, Paris, 1961.
Does Japan become western orientated?.
Enticing, mysterious, and still not fully discovered - that is Japan - the country of a rising sun. In its history flow Japan has undertaken Chinese writing, Korean writing and after all Western technologies, dress, and fast-food. Ten percent from the words you can here each day are borrowed from English. At the same time it will be a mistake to think that Japan is losing its identity. It changes but still stays one of the world's most original and interesting places. .
Goddess' tears that created the land.
Old legend says that the Japan islands have arisen from the tears of Goddess - in the place where they fallen into Pacific Ocean, stand the isles. Archipelago is formed by four main islands (Kyushu, Shikoku, Honshu and Hokkaido) and near 3900 small isles that lay in a line of 3800 km from Okinawa subtropical waters to Hokkaido islands north points. Seventy percent of land is covered with mountains. Snowy mountain summits, twenty seven kilometers long sea line, boisterous ocean, and prolific lowlands compose a land that often is mentioned the list of the most spectacular natural landscapes.
Sakura blossoms in the spring.
With a great pride Japanese will tell you that they have four seasons. Considering Japan's geographic placement that can be projected in our Breadth grades, stretched from the Republic of Chad in Africa to Austria in Europe, it is easy to understand the variety of Japanese climate. The same as on the Northern continents, the coldest month in Japan are December, January and February.