世界旅游景观Japan.ppt

ASIA ----JAPAN Asia ----Japan I. Geographical features of Japan II. Politics, economy and culture of Japan III. tourist attractions IV. Exercises II. Geographical Features of Japan 1. Geography Official name: Japan Location: Eastern Asia, island chain between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan, east of the Korean Peninsula Area: total: 377,835 sq km, land: 374,744 sq km, water: 3,091 sq km Climate: varies from tropical in south to cool temperate in north Land boundaries: 0km Coastline: 29,751 km Terrain: mostly rugged and mountainous Demographics: 127,417,244 (July 2005 est.) Currency : Yen Religion: Shinto, Buddhism; also Christianity National flower Official language: Japanese III. Politics, Economy and Culture 1. Politics: constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary government Yasukuni Shrine(靖国神社) 2. Economy the second greatest economic power in the world after the United States rapidly and thoroughly industrialized Fishing is highly developed 3. Culture: an extremely homogeneous society with non-Japanese Chinese culture wielded on the formation of Japanese civilization. 4.Etiquette and taboo of Japan Japanese greet you by bowing almost to a right angle. Usually woman walks on the right of the man. If three persons walk side by side, the high-up is in the middle. Japanese like to present gifts that usually are useless to friends. Civilian’s decoration of chrysanthemum should be of 15 petals, and only royalty members can have 16 petals of chrysanthemum. Lobster means longevity. The national costume is Kimono和服 dress up with geta日本式木屐 or straw sandals. Women need to hold up an umbrella. They don’t like fox which is recognized to be greedy. Japanese don’t like lotus, and they don’t like the number of 4. They will not talk something directly. Nominication is a prevail social intercourse. Japanese don’t like the color of purple and green. They like pine, bamboo, Japanese apri