Interesting Facts about Japanese and Facts about Japan

Japan is the oldest nation in the world, 70% of Japan consists of mountains and hosts more than 200 volcanoes, Japan is made up of 6,852 islands. Japan with a population of roughly 126 million, 28% of its population is aged 65 and older. At first glance, you might see Japan as just a modern, westernized country with large, crowded cities.

Japan a country of roughly 126M is made up of 6,852 island 

The first thing to know before entering a Japanese home indicate you should take off your slippers or shoes, It is considered rude to wear shoes inside a house, in fact entering a house, you will be given a pair of slippers and asked to take off yours shoes there.

Japan feels very safe in general, they say you could leave your wallet on the floor of the busiest metro station and come back later to still find it untouched. In Japan there are more pets than Children.

It is considered rude to wear shoes inside a Japanese house, raised floors help indicate when to take off slippers.

Japan has more than 4 millions vending machines, this means one vending machine per estimated 40 people offering anything from food, soft drinks, juice, energy drinks, tea, coffee for a reasonable 100 to 200 yen to toys though majority of vendor machines sell non alcoholic beverages. Those machines can be found all over cities. 

Japan has more than 4 millions vending machines that sell food and drinks

Geisha are female entertainers trained in traditional Japanese performance arts, including dance and shamisen. Geisha means person of the arts and the first geisha were actually men. Japanese women are trained to entertain men with conversation and singing as well as dancing.

Geisha are females entertainers, they are person of arts

Things to know about Japanese food, Japanese food is prepared carefully using seasonal ingredients and flavors, once finished, the food is carefully plated and finished dish often looks like a work of art.

Japanese food include a lot of vegetables that can be eaten raw 

Many foods are seared, boiled or eaten raw and minimally seasoned. Seafood is a major part of the Japanese diet, the seafood fishing and import industry is staggering. Japanese meals include a lot of vegetables but finding completely vegetarian food is hard.