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** Japanese Culture **
By: Jamie Simpson and Taylor Woods Culture plays a big part of the Japanese society. The word for music in Japanese is Ongaku. In Japan they have many different styles of music as well as musicians. The two types of music that are most common are Art and Folk music. The Koto is the most popular instrument that is used in Japan. Most people spend their time watching television, listening to music, or reading the newspaper. . There are nearly always festivals or events going on in the streets of Japan. Some of these festivals include Japanese Koinobori, which is a boy’s festival and also Japanese Hina Matsuri, which is a girl’s festival. The earliest form of art started from 3d and 2d millennia BC. The art consisted of monochrome pottery and cord-impressed designs. The stylistic tradition of Japanese Art was established when Buddhism was introduces in the 6th century. Other forms of art are sculptures in wood and bronze, and also ink painting on silk and paper. Japan’s ceramics are one of the finest in the world. The typical meal for a family to have is rice, meat or fish, picked vegetables and miso soup.

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//Japanese Culture.// Mi Marketing Pty Ltd. 3 March 2010. Web. 13 May 2010. //Culture of Japan.// Wikimedia Foundation Inc. 12 May 2010. Web. 13 May 2010.

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