Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, the East China Sea, China, Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the southwest.
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National symbolEdit
Emblem of the Office of Prime Minister
MapEdit
Satellite imagery
1999
Satellite imagery
May 2003
Topographic map
Japan and neighboring seas
Detail map
First 2-digit postcode areas of Japan
NatureEdit
Goko Five Lakes (Shiretoko) (WHS)
Mt. Fuji rising above the clouds.
Dainichi Mountains from Murodo
Lake Kurobe
The Japanese have long thought of the Sakura as the flower which symbolizes the nation.
Leaf symbolizes the Japanese sense of the seasons (Kyoto)
Torokawataira Plateau
Nachi Falls (WHS)
Chibu sekiheki (Oki Island)
Okinawa is famous for the beautiful sea.
Kabira Gulf
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GardenEdit
- Main galleries: Japanese garden and Japanese rock garden.
SkylineEdit
BuildingEdit
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CultureEdit
Hina matsuri (March 3). This is the day on which wishes are expressed for the future happiness of girls.
Koinobori is decorated around children's day (May 5), in honor of sons and in the hope that they will grow up healthy and strong.
Chopsticks are small tapered sticks used in pairs of equal length as the traditional eating utensils.
Fusuma are vertical rectangular panels which can slide from side to side to redefine spaces within a room, or act as doors.
Geisha are traditional, female Japanese entertainers whose skills include performing various Japanese arts such as classical music and dance.
Shōji is a door, window or room divider consisting of translucent paper over a frame of wood which holds together a lattice of wood or bamboo.
Tatami is a mat used to cover the floor in a Japanese room.
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ReligionEdit
Torii symbolically marks the transition from the profane to the sacred.
Sandō is the road approaching either a Shinto shrine or a Buddhist temple.
Chōzuya or Temizuya is a Shinto water ablution pavilion for a ceremonial purification rite known as Temizu.
Komainu are statue pairs of lion-like creatures guarding shinto shrines.
Suzu means calling gods and divinized heroes.
At midnight, people listen to joyanokane, bells which ring the old year out at many Buddhist temples all over Japan.
ArtEdit
Art of paintingEdit
- Main gallery: Ukiyo-e.
Portrait of Kichijōten (8th C., National Treasure)
Mandala of the Two Realms (9th C., National Treasure)
Portrait of Saicho (11th C., National Treasure)
Illustrated handscroll of the Monk Zuanzang (12th C., National Treasure)
Murasaki Shikibu Diary Emaki (13th C., National Treasure)
Autumn and Winter Landscapes (Sesshu Toyo, 15th C., National Treasure)
Pine Trees (Hasegawa Tohaku, 16th C., National Treasure)
Scenes in and around the capital (1574, National Treasure)
Wind God and Thunder God (Tawaraya Sotatsu, 17th C., National Treasure)
Beauty looking back (Hishikawa Moronobu, 17th C.)
Irises (Ogata Korin, 17th C., National Treasure)
Pine Trees (Maruyama Okyo, 1786, National Treasure)
Three known beauties (Kitagawa Utamaro, 18th C.)
The Kabuki actor Otani Oniji II (Toshusai Sharaku, 1794)
Red Fuji of 36 Views of Mount Fuji (Katsushika Hokusai, 1830)
Nihonbashi of The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Hiroshige Utagawa, 1833)
A portrait of Takami Senseki (Watanabe Kazan, 1837, National Treasure)
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SculptureEdit
Gautama Buddha statue by Tori Busshi at Horyuji (7th C.) (WHS)
Todaiji Daibutsu at Todaiji (8th C.) (WHS)
Ganjin wajyo portrait at Tōshōdai-ji (8th C.) (WHS)
Usuki Stone Buddhas in Usuki (11-13th C)
Amitābha statue by Kaikei at Jōdo-ji in Ono (12th C.)
Kamakura Daibutsu at Kotokuin (13th C.)
Avalokiteshvara statue by Tankei at Sanjūsangen-dō (13th C.)
TheaterEdit
FestivalEdit
SportEdit
- Main gallery: Professional sumo.
Sumo ceremony
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GameEdit
Shogi, also known as Japanese chess, is a two-player board game in the same family as Western chess.
Go is an ancient board game for two players.
Hanafuda are playing cards of Japanese origin.
Karuta (Hyakunin Isshu) is a Japanese card game.
CuisineEdit
MuseumEdit
National TreasureEdit
- Buildings and structures of national treasures of Japan
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- Category:National Treasures of Japan (castles) (see list)
- Category:National Treasures of Japan (miscellaneous structures) (see list)
- Category:National Treasures of Japan (residences) (see list)
- Category:National Treasures of Japan (shrines) (see list)
- Category:National Treasures of Japan (temples) (see list)
- Fine Arts and crafts of national treasures of Japan
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- Category:National Treasures of Japan (ancient documents) (see list)
- Category:National Treasures of Japan (archaeological materials) (see list)
- Category:National Treasures of Japan (crafts) (see list1 and list2)
- Category:National Treasures of Japan (historical materials) (see list)
- Category:National Treasures of Japan (paintings) (see list)
- Category:National Treasures of Japan (sculptures) (see list)
- Category:National Treasures of Japan (writings) (see list)