Japan Concepts - randolph
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- Nagasaki
- Location hit by the second atomic bomb after Hiroshima, it ended WW2
- Sashimi
- Food consisting of raw sliced fish swrved with condiments such as wasabi and soy sauce. It is a delecacy in Japan
- Amaterasu
- Sun godess most important godess of all, she was the ruler of the higher celestial plain
- Torii
- Tradtitional Japanese gate that leads to the Shinto Shrine, it can be found in many other holy places
- Noh
- The major form of classical Japanese drama that includes music and dancing. Its important because many people in Japan watch it
- Miso
- A sauce that is made from cooked soybeans, salt and rice or barley. It's important because many Japanese people use it on their food
- Kami
- Sacred beings that are worshiped in Shinto
- Shinto
- The first religion ever practiced in Japan in the 1600s
- Zen
- A form of Mahayana Buddhist that places great importance on moment by moment awareness. it can be obtained from meditation and self-comprehension
- Tatami
- Japanese mat woven out of straw and sometimes made out of styrofoam, they are made in different shapes, colors and sizes
- Futon
- A thin matress masde of cotton usually on the ground. Japanese people sleep on these
- Nippon
- Another name for Japan from Dai Nippon, meaning "Great Japan", it is important because it means the japanese ideograph for the place where the sun rises
- Tale of Genji
- A japanese literature attributed to Murasaki Shikibu in the Hainan Period. The forst novel in Japan
- Bonsai
- The art of growing small trees in japan and its is said to bring peace
- Hiroshima
- The city located Southwest of Japan, hit by the first atomic bomb in 1945
- Bushido
- The traditional code of it contains self discipline and austerity
- Ainu
- Caucasian people distinct from japan, they live on all the main islands of japan.
- Ikebana
- The Japanese art of the formal flower arrangement, based on harmony and brings peace to Japan
- Kabuki
- A popular type of Japanese drama combined with music and dance, it is the type of theatre in Japan(Played buy all male actors)