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KIMONO

Kimono is Japanese traditional clothes worn by women, men and children. There are many varieties of kimono: the long-sleeved, gorgeous kinds worn by geisha or young girls, the formal kimono stamped with the wearer's family crest and worn on ceremonial occations.

A young woman wears a kimono with long sleeves and an Obi, a wide silk or brocade sash about 12 feet long and 12 inches wide. The Obi is wrapped around the waist, and a little higher so that it covers the ribs, and is tied at the back in a very special fastening kept in place by as many as 15 girdles of brocade, silk or other materials worn around the middle of the obi.

As she gets older, her kimono designes become smaller and the colors deeper and richer while the obi is worn lower and made narrower. Obi colors, like the kimono, depend on the age of the wearer.

FOOD

Rice has been the most important food stuff in the Japanese food culture. Despite changes in eating patterns over the last decades and slowly decreasing rice consumption in recent years, rice remains one of the most important in Japan today, and can be found in numerous dishes such as Sushi, Rice balls etc.

Many kinds fish, shellfish, seaweeds are used in the Japanese dishes. They are prepared and eaten in many different ways such as raw, dried, boiled, grilled, deep fried or steamed.

Tofu, natto, miso and many more important sidedishes of Japanese cooking are made of soya beans.

So many kinds of western dishes have been imported over the century. Most of them have become Japanized, for example Cully Rice, Korokke(original called croquettes), Hayashi Rice(hushed beef) etc

SUMO

Sumo is a Japanese style of wrestling and Japan's national sport. The basic rules are simple: The wrestler who either first touches the floor with something other than his sole or is pused out of the ring, loses.

The fights usually last only a few seconds. Sumo does not have any weight categories. There are a few basic techniques - from pulling the opponents legs to grabbing his belt and trying to throw or carry the opponent out of the ring.

GEISYA
Geisha are professional female entertainers who perform traditional Japanese arts such like dancing, playing traditional Japanese instruments, well known as Sayuri in movie named Geisha. Geisha are dressed in colorful Kimono, and their faces are made up very pale. You will be able to meet real Geisha in Kyoto.

VENDING MACHINE
Japan has thousand of the vending machine in anywhere on the street in Japan. Machines can be found all over the cities, smaller towns and even in the countryside. Vending machine sells coffee, ice cream, non-alcoholic beverages, alcoholic beverages, cigarettes, cup noodles etc, are numerous as well.

MANGA
Manga is Japanese comics. Japanese Manga come in all types, for all aged people unlike US. In US seems to believe that comics are all for kids. On the other hand, Japanese Manga write for everyone. It is not uncommon to see buisiness man reading comic books in trains while they are commuting.

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