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The statue in Japan of the great Amida Buddha. This statue is cast in bronze and it weighs 93 tons with a height of 40 ft. This place dates back to 1252 B.C.E but was washed away in the 1500’s due to a tsunami but was later rebuilt.

The great Amida Buddha is one of the greatest people to ever live in Japan.

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Mount Fuji is standing at 3776 Meters (12388 ft) high. This is one of the most well known symbols of Japan with an annual 200000 climbers. This mountain is so big the Climb takes 3-8 hours and the descent takes 2-5 hours.

One of Mount Fujis most beautiful pictures of the tallest mountain in Japan.

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Anime has been a huge part of Japan's pop culture if not the biggest. Anime is a animated series that requires special animators and an unbelievable imagination. Some of the earliest anime were Speed Racer, Astro Boy, and Betty Boop. Some of my personal Favorites are Dragon Ball Z, Attack on Titan, One Punch Man, 91 days, Sword Art Online, Akame Ga Kill, Fairy Tail, Re:Zero, Tokyo Ghoul, Ghost in the Shell, One Piece, Naruto, Bleach, and Mob Psycho 100.

Dragon Ball Z is the most popular anime in Japan. This is a small fraction of the Characters.

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Karaoke was invented in the late 80s as a something to do at bars and have a little laugh. Since the 80s it evolved into a common game that you could either sing at bars or by yourself.  The japanese have learned to love karaoke as it has become a modern part of pop culture in Japan.

A bar full of people when a drunk man is singing Karaoke.

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There are certain dances like the Bon Odori which is a dance that is performed in festivals in the summer.

The dance is worn with Kimonos and is used commemorate our ancestors. There are other dances like the Nihon Buyo that are for entertainment with slow relaxing movements. It is also worn with a Kimono and is taught by teachers called Shisho.

A Bon Ordi is being held at a festival in which it is all men.

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A Biwa is very similar to the violin with the strings made out of yarn. It’s played with something called a bachi and it is a solo instrument . There are other instruments such as a Shaimen, Koto, and Sanshin.

This woman is playing the biwa in the Dark Ages.

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A typical Japanese meal consists of a bowl of rice pickled vegetables/meat. Different types of Japanese meals are noodles like udon, soba, and ramen. There are also different types of bento boxes which are boxes that you eat out of with each box containing a different food. Sushi is also a major food group in japan that consists of raw fish with rice and seaweed.

These kinds of traditional meals has been in japan for hundreds of years.

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Kimonos are a type of traditional japanese clothing that have been worn for thousands of years. You have to wear a certain underclothing under the kimono that’s called a nagajuban. This clothing is traditional japanese clothing that is still worn today. There are other types of clothing such as Hakamas (old fashion mens tights) and a Happi which is a old fashion traditional training gi.

This kimono is worn in a traditional Japanese garden.

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Shinto practicers believe that their are spirits everywhere that are vital to life. Shinto has no perfect and there is no perfect in shinto and people believe that when you die you turn into a spirit in disguise as water or wind. There has been no official founder of the shinto religion but people still worship their own shrines at home or at temples.

Common people come to temple to pray to spirits.

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Buddhist believe in achieving a state of enlightenment or nirvana which is told to rid of all earthly concerns and you supposedly get godly powers. Monks spend months trying to obtain this state and many die trying. Many speculate this is not true considering it is beyond the realm of possibility to go without food or water for long periods of time.

Monks in a monastery praying to the great Amida Buddha statue .

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The celebration of Japanese new year is when people take several days off from work and they hand out red cards that are filled with money. On Japanese new years people hold festivals to invite the spirits of ancestors back home. People come to due their respects to ancestors at their graves.

The celebration of Japanese new year.

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Emperor hirohito or Stowa served as the japanese emperor from 1926 to 1889. He was the one who launched the attack on Pearl Harbor and who was in charge of japan at the time of World War Two. Hirohito was also the person to make japan a democracy by declaring simple human rights in 1947.

The infamous Emperor hirohito in the early 20th century.

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The GDP of Japan in 2015 was 4.83 billion, in 2014 it was 4.837 billion and 4.809 in 2013. The amount distributed is 72.2% in services 26.6% in industry and 1.2% in agriculture. Japan as of late has a economy that has ever so slightly going down which means, the GDP is getting lower per year.

This lady stands in front of the stock exchange.

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Japan is the second biggest importing country in the world. It imports rice, sugar, vegetables, tea, fruit, cars, electronics of all kinds, metals, anime, and manga.

One of the importing docks where materials are shipped out.

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Shinzo abe is the prime minister who is elected by the diet and has governing power. He is the one who is equivalent to our president. Shinzo Abe who is the 125th emperor of Japan. The emperor now has no official governing power anymore.

This is emperor akihito and Shinzo abe having a discussion over a toy.

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The diet is the japanese equivalent to the legislative branch which passes all the laws. The diet has two houses, the upper house with 224 seats and the house of peers with 475 seats. The diet is a very important role in japan’s government.

The Diet is in session with all 699 members.