japan

Welcome to Japan! Did you know that almost all the cartoons that you watch today are made in Japan? For example, Pokemon, Dragon Ball Z, Power Rangers, Ninja Turtles, and Batman are all Japanese! Japan may look small, but did you know it is made of 4,000 small and big islands? It’s capital is Tokyo, the largest city in Japan. Japans four biggest islands are Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. About 126 million people are crowded on these islands. It’s one of the world’s largest nations in population. During 1870 to 1970 the population increased from 30 million to 100million. About 8 ¼ million of those people lived in Tokyo.
People had lived in Japan for over 30,000 years! To survive, they hunted for deer and boar, fished, and gathered nuts and berries. During this time people lived in villages of about 50 people. The Japanese learned how to grow rice in irrigated fields, and also learned how to make tools and weapons out of bronze and metal. They began to settle in comm...