These notes are from my Introduction to Japanese Culture class. It covers things like geography, the regions, religion, influences from other countries, art and writing, and more. Hope this helps!
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O Okinawa
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chugoku
③ Shikoku
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Kyushu
⑨ Okinawa
Topography :
mountains forrests swift rivers
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, ,
15 % of land is suitable for agriculture
only
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earthquakes are common
active
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Japan's mountains contain 10 % of the world's volcanoes
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typhoons
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beautiful scenery
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most of the plains are small
Climate :
temperate climate
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currents improve fishing climate
a
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ocean
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cold wind from Asia drop heavy snow in NW coasts
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abundant rainfall
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rainy season + hot summer =
good rice
,About the Regions :
⑦ Hokkaido : ⑧ Kyushu :
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different climate (generally cooler)
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1400 surrounding islands
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mountains natural scenery mountainous interior + volcanoes hot springs
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+
,
fishing +
forestry subtropical climate
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-
capital Sapporo agriculture stock farming fishing
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:
, ,
② Tohoku :
& Okinawa :
largely mountainous climate
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warm
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short summers , long winters -
used to be independent kingdom until 17th century
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agricultural (70 % rice paddies) -
big tourism industry
Sendai controlled by US after WWI
largest city
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:
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⑤ Kanto
Kanto plain (Japan's largest plain)
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mild climate
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key cities (Tokyo , Yokohama , Chiba , etc. )
center of arts , commerce
industry
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,
① Chubu :
climate greatly varies
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Japan Alps
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has longest rivers
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one of the largest rice-producing areas
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Mt Fuji !! .
⑦ Kinki :
2nd most important industrial area
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Kyoto , Osaka , Kobe
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rice , citrus , lumbering fishing ,
Kansai area around Kyoto, Osaka
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:
Cused in cultural context (
⑤
Chugoku :
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mountainous +
basins +
coastal plains
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Inland Sea coast :
important for commerce
dry climate
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warm ,
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Hiroshimd
⑦
Shikoku :
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includes satellite islands
nigh steep mountains +
whirlpools
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,
Shikoku
two
bridge chains
connecting Honshu
+
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subtropical climate Pacific side
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Naruto strait
Ainu people
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, UNIT2 :
Mythology ,
Religions , and Prehistory
Religions :
Shintoism Buddhism
Shinto "the way of the gods" from China Coriginated in India)
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=
came
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polytheistic provided rituals beliefs for death
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·
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rooted in nature worship &
agriculture
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Onmydo :
cosmology/divination
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death was not considered (no afterlife)
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families will have an affiliation w/ a Buddhist temple
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valued cleanlinessa life a
community
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butsudan :
memorial tablets
thousands of shrines ie traditional Japanese family
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:
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deities are called Kami (can be anything -
Edo period law required affiliation to a temple
torii gates at shrines ancestor worship is
exclusively Buddhist
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no official sacred scriptures
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Prince Shotoku considered true founder of Buddhism in Japan
Christianity
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from Korea (same time as Buddhism)
at odds w/Shinto (monotheism vs polytheism)
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.
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only had an impact on social movements , education , Xmas , weddings
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# of Christians has never been > 1%
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Meiji period :
christianity was influential in women's education &
abolition of prostitution
initially tolerated then persecuted
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,
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could
finally worship openly in 1873 (after seclusion period)
New
Religions
600 + new movements
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Tenrikyo 1838 ; has 250 000
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:
,
+
members
Clean Gov't Party :
1964 ; new religion political activities
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Rissho Kosei-Kai 1938 ; Buddhist new religion ; sponsors political candidates
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:
many founded by women a
majority membership is female
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gives community to those not supported by traditional religion
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