location of , in relation to Asia, , the Pacific Geography climate, seasons, weather rivers, mountains, lakes, cities, villages, prefectures earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, typhoons, volcanoes routes of the Shinkansen famous places world heritage sites origins of History Ainu feudal Meiji Restoration Imperial the making of modern national holidays, such as: Holidays and January 1: Oshogatsu festivals May 5: Kodomo-no-hi December 23: Emperor’s Birthday festivals, such as: March 3: Hinamatsuri July 7: Tanabata November 15: Shichi-go-san architecture international influences — Housing apartments, mansions, company housing traditional housing technology in the home streets, addresses hotels, ryokan, minshuku dietary patterns Japanese cuisine traditional foods and international influences ohashi; ocha; obento cooking appliances ingredients recipes restaurants yen: denominations notes and coins — Money rates of exchange Japanese banks international banking e-commerce
Geography location of , in relation to Asia, , the Pacific climate, seasons, weather rivers, mountains, lakes, cities, villages, prefectures earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, typhoons, volcanoes routes of the Shinkansen famous places world heritage sites History origins of Ainu feudal Meiji Restoration Imperial the making of modern Holidays and festivals national holidays, such as: January 1: Oshogatsu May 5: Kodomo-no-hi December 23: Emperor’s Birthday festivals, such as: March 3: Hinamatsuri July 7: Tanabata November 15: Shichi-go-san Housing architecture — international influences apartments, mansions, company housing traditional housing technology in the home streets, addresses hotels, ryokan, minshuku Japanese cuisine dietary patterns traditional foods and international influences ohashi; ocha; obento cooking appliances ingredients recipes restaurants Money yen: denominations — notes and coins rates of exchange Japanese banks international banking e-commerce
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