Japan by Evan Aasen https://padlet.com/evanaasen21/940mr0cu2g0t Mr. Land B3 en-us 2018-05-02 16:09:22 UTC 2018-05-07 15:26:50 UTC hello@padlet.com Sumo evanaasen21 https://padlet.com/evanaasen21/940mr0cu2g0t/wish/257365209
  • a Japanese form of heavyweight wrestling, in which a wrestler wins a bout by forcing his opponent outside a marked circle or by making him touch the ground with any part of his body except the soles of his feet.
  • Sumo wrestler are like the Lebron James of Japan and are the popular celebirty.
  • The usually weigh from 300-400 pounds and eat 5,000 to 7,000 calories a day.
  • They don't have the health effects of normal obesity because of they way they control there weight.
    • ]]>     2018-05-02 17:25:55 UTC https://padlet.com/evanaasen21/940mr0cu2g0t/wish/257365209     Anime evanaasen21 https://padlet.com/evanaasen21/940mr0cu2g0t/wish/257365815
  • a style of Japanese film and television animation, typically aimed at adults as well as children.
  • The first anime was produced by Osamu Tezuka.
  • The most popular anime are Naruto, Dragon Ball Z, One Piece, and Full Metal Alchemist.
  • Anime is usually a film version of Japanese comics called manga.
    • ]]>     2018-05-02 17:27:07 UTC https://padlet.com/evanaasen21/940mr0cu2g0t/wish/257365815     Oragami evanaasen21 https://padlet.com/evanaasen21/940mr0cu2g0t/wish/257368015
  • the Japanese art of folding paper into decorative shapes and figures.
  • Origami is usually folded into animals livings things.
  • Ori means folded in Japanese and Kami means paper in Japanese. That's how Origami got its name.
  • Origami used to be called Orikata.
    • ]]>     2018-05-02 17:31:24 UTC https://padlet.com/evanaasen21/940mr0cu2g0t/wish/257368015     Mazda evanaasen21 https://padlet.com/evanaasen21/940mr0cu2g0t/wish/257368204
  • The Mazda motor Corporation (Japanese: マツダ株式会社 Hepburn: Matsuda Kabushiki-gaisha), commonly referred to as simply Mazda, is a Japanese multinational automaker based in Fuchū, Aki District, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.
  • The Mazda Rx8 2009 gets 22 mpg.
  • They have loud engine but they have weak engine.
  •  Jujiro Matsuda is the inventor of mazda
    • ]]>     2018-05-02 17:31:47 UTC https://padlet.com/evanaasen21/940mr0cu2g0t/wish/257368204     Sushi evanaasen21 https://padlet.com/evanaasen21/940mr0cu2g0t/wish/258544578
  • a Japanese dish consisting of small balls or rolls of vinegar-flavored cold cooked rice served with a garnish of raw fish, vegetables, or egg.
  • Sushi has many different forms such as Dragon rolls, fruit rolls, and Blue fin Tuna Sushi.
  • Sushi knives have to be sharpened everyday.
  • The fish is actually not raw is prepared just enough to make it seem that way but it takes out the harmful things.
    • ]]>     2018-05-07 14:24:08 UTC https://padlet.com/evanaasen21/940mr0cu2g0t/wish/258544578     Sudoku evanaasen21 https://padlet.com/evanaasen21/940mr0cu2g0t/wish/258546965
  • a puzzle in which players insert the numbers one to nine into a grid consisting of nine squares subdivided into a further nine smaller squares in such a way that every number appears once in each horizontal line, vertical line, and square.
  • Sudoku puzzles are popular not only in Japan but also in America.
  • Sudoku puzzles were invented by  Howard Garns, a 74-year-old retired architect.
  • For some reason a British airline will not allow to solve a Sudoku puzzles during takeoff and landing.
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  • a high-speed passenger train.
  • It can go up to 357.2 mph.
  • Maglevs are quieter and smoother than bullet trains.
  • The usually arrive within 6 seconds of arrival time. They are so serious that a train being 5 minutes late made news headlines. 
    • ]]>     2018-05-07 14:33:54 UTC https://padlet.com/evanaasen21/940mr0cu2g0t/wish/258549438     Ninjas evanaasen21 https://padlet.com/evanaasen21/940mr0cu2g0t/wish/258572485
  • a person skilled in ninjutsu.
  • The emergence of the Ninja came around 1300's.
  • Ninjas were referred to Shinobi but Chinese mocked them as ninja in the 20th century and it gained attention and now that is what they are known by.
  • The ninja thrived between 15 and 16 century but then Japan started to gain peace and then the decline of the ninja happened.
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