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    This document provides an overview of elements of Japanese culture including architecture, holidays, traditional crafts, and superstitions. It mentions several famous Japanese temples and gardens such as Todaiji Temple, Kinkakuji Temple, and Kokedera Moss Temple. It also lists common Japanese cultural practices like wearing kimonos, drinking green tea, and doing origami and bonsai. Additionally, it outlines several Japanese superstitions about numbers, animals, and daily activities.

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    This document provides an overview of elements of Japanese culture including architecture, holidays, traditional crafts, and superstitions. It mentions several famous Japanese temples and gardens such as Todaiji Temple, Kinkakuji Temple, and Kokedera Moss Temple. It also lists common Japanese cultural practices like wearing kimonos, drinking green tea, and doing origami and bonsai. Additionally, it outlines several Japanese superstitions about numbers, animals, and daily activities.

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    Japan

    Mikołaj Biegun
    •The Great
    Buddhain,
    Kanagawa
    Perfecture
    Todaiji Temple
    Kokedera (Moss
    Temple)
    • Kinkakuji Temple
    (Golden Pavilion)
    THE EIGHT ELEMENTS OF
    JAPANESE TRADITIONAL
    ARCHITECTURE
    HOLIDAYS
    KIMONO
    GREEN TEA
    BONSAI
    ORIGAMI
    In Japanese language
    the number 4 sounds the
    Japanese people believe that In Japan people don’t whistle
    same with “death” so many
    breaking a comb brings bad at night because it may bring
    buildings do not have the 4th
    luck. out snakes.
    floor (4th floor is simply called
    5th floor).

    Seeing a spider in the morning If you hear a crow’s caw it


    brings good luck. Killing a brings bad luck. If you take a Cutting fingernails at night
    spider in the morning brings rest after eating you may sets a curse on your family.
    bad luck. become a pig.

    Sleeping by facing north


    brings bad luck because only
    at the funeral house the
    deceased faces north.
    Tokyo
    Kyoto
    Naoshima
    Mt Fuji
    Hiroshima
    Yakushima
    Koya-san
    Okinawa and the
    Southern Islands
    Osaka
    Kamikōchi

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