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Gabrijel Askovic
INTRODUCTION
SERBIA JAPAN
• Located in • Located in East
southeastern part of Asia in Pacific
Europe. ocean.
People and language
• Characteristic curved eyes
• Lower heights
• Japanese language
Religion and tradition
• Syncretic-Buddhism and
Shinto religion
• Mahayana Buddhism-Jodo
Shinsu, Shinran
• Bowing
• Sumo wrestling
• Kimono
Architecture
• Traditionally marked with
wooden structures with tiled
roofs.
• Sliding doors
• People usually sat on floors
• Buddhism, temples
• Today is one of the leaders in
design and technology.
Life standard and lifestyle
• In the postwar decades,
the standard of living
in Japan is in dramatic
rise.
• Japan population is 124
million people
• 75% of them lives in
urban areas.
• Mansions
• Most city workers have
office jobs.
• Transport to and from
work is by train
Nature and Weather
• Japan has nine forest ecoregions which reflect the climate and
geography of the islands.
• Japan has over 90,000 species of wildlife, including the brown bear,
the Japanese macaque, the Japanese raccoon dog, the large Japanese
field mouse, and the Japanese giant salamander.
• Winter-quite dry and sunny along the pacific
coast and temperatures rarely drop below 0°C