AMAZING FACTS ABOUT JAPAN

AMAZING FACTS ABOUT JAPAN

50 amazing facts about Japan :- 50. Late-night dancing is illegal in Japan 49. Japan has more than 50,000 people that are over 100 years old 48. Japan has only 2 gun-related homicides a year 47. The world’s oldest company operated in Japan from 578 AD to 2006 46. Japan consists of over 6,800 islands 45. The average delay of a Japanese train is just 18 seconds 44. Square watermelons are grown in Japan 43. There are more pets than children in Japan 42. More adult diapers are sold in Japan than diapers for babies 41. 98% of all adoptions are of male men If you thought those facts were crazy, wait until you see the remaining 40 crazy facts about Japan, with 40 to 31 on our countdown found on the next page. 40. There are over 5 million vending machines in the country 39. In Japan, sleeping on the job is acceptable 38. There’s a highway that goes through a building in Japan 37. For the Japanese, black cats bring good luck 36. More paper is used for comics than for toilet paper in the country 35. Japanese Haiku poetry, which consists only of three lines, is the shortest in the world 34. 70% of Japan’s surface is covered in mountains, with over 200 volcanoes 33. Japan’s literacy rate is almost 100% 32. There are approximately 1,500 earthquakes yearly in Japan 31. Rice is eaten in every meal in Japan 30. Japanese people live an average of four years longer than Americans 29. ‘Karaoke’ means ‘empty orchestra’ in Japanese 28. Raised floors help indicate where to take off your shoes 27. There are almost 130 voice-acting schools in Japan, due to anime’s success 26. There are coffee shops in Japan where you can play with kittens 25. Japan has produced 18 Nobel Prize winners 24. The Japanese population is 98% Japanese; there are almost no immigrants 23. Japan’s unemployment rate is less than 4% 22. Going to KFC is a Christmas tradition in Japan 21. In Japan, it is rude to say “no” directly 20. In Japan, flower arranging is a form of art 19. For the Japanese, it is impolite to tear a gift’s wrapping 18. Snowmen in Japan are made of two snowballs, not three 17. Japanese people carry around a small towel to wipe their sweat off 16. Most homes have extra shoes for guests 15. Drinking or eating while walking is considered to be rude 14. Bus drivers turn the vehicle off at red lights to reduce pollution 13. At Japanese train stations, there are staff workers whose job is to help shove passengers inside the train, as they are so crowded 12. If you are sick in Japan, you should wear a mask to prevent spreading your disease. 11. The most popular pizza topping is squid 10. There are lactation bars where you can get fresh human breast milk: a shot, or straight from the nipple even 9. The Japanese police have paintballs to shoot at fleeing vehicles so as to identify them easily 8. There’s a sacred shrine in Japan that is rebuilt every 20 years 7. ‘Yaeba’, crooked teeth, is considered attractive; so much so that girls go to the dentist to get their teeth unstraightened 6. In 1949, India sent the Tokyo zoo two elephants to cheer the spirits of the defeated Japanese empire 5. Every year in Japan men compete to get the title of “fastest shirt ironer” 4. The Aokigahara forest at the base of Mount Fuji is a traditional suicide spot. 3. The ‘ganguro’ Japanese fashion (literally ‘black face’) consists of dying your skin as dark as possible 2. In Japan you can find the world’s shortest escalator, it only has 5 steps 1. Slurping when eating noodles is polite and indicates that the food is delicious