Grade 4

1 - Beautiful Otedama: It's a toy that kids, especially girls, played with many years ago. Color is so bright.
2 - Carp: Fishes found in many Japanese temples.
3 - Hanayome: We saw this newlywed couple at Kamakura this spring. I thought it's interesting that they were riding in a Jinricksha.
4 - Hibachi: Hibachi is a traditional small room heater. It even can warm up rice.
5- Hikeshi Hanten: It looks like a Japanese big jacket but it's used for putting out fires.

         

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6- Irori: Traditional Japanese cooking and eating place.
7- Jinricksha: We saw many Jinricksha at Kamakura.
8- Kamado: Traditional Japanese stove. People used fans and blew hard to keep the fire hot.
9- Daibutsu: It's one of the most famous attractions in Asia.
10- Room: A living room in an old style house. You can see a sliding wooden and paper door along with some old style tools.
11- Kominka: It's a traditional Japanese old house restored in Seseragi park near Nakamachidai station on the Yokohama subway line.

           

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A frog purse found in a market in Okinawa. We think this is unique to
Okinawa, Japan.

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Mount Fuji is special to Japan because it is the highest and widest
mountain in Japan. According to wikipedia, It was made by an earthquake
286 years Before Common Era. Usually, Japanese people will refer to Mt.
Fuji as Fujisan. By adding -san, it shows that people in Japan think that
Mt. Fuji is alive.

   

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The first soy sauce was created in China. Today, there are many kinds of
soy sauce. People use soy sauce for cooking and can eat it with sushi. Some soy sauces are made from the left overs of Miso.

   

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Here are some special desserts from Japan. Ohagi is oval. It contains
red bean and rice mix. Some may have sesame seeds on them. The white
oval is Daihuku-Mochi. It has red beans on the surface of mochi. Manju
is round and was imported from China. The last one is Monaca is crunchy
on the outside and has sweet beans on the inside. This one is a tradition
from the Edo period.

         

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These pictures were taken in Izu in a bamboo grove. Bamboo shoots are
sold in Spring to be eaten.

         

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1. Cake Shop – Most items in the cake shop are filled with red bean paste
because Japanese kids like red bean paste.
2. Comics – Comics originated from Japan. It is made up of boxes of
shapes and sizes with pictures, speech bubbles and thinking bubbles.
3. Japanese Tea – Japanese tea was a very common beverage of ancient
Japan and it is still very popular today.
4. Onsen – The onsen is a Japanese hot spring. It is very relaxing for the
body.
5.. Sakura – The sakura tree is a tree that is native to Japan. It blooms
for a short time once every year.

         

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Sake Barrels – Sake is a very common alcoholic drink for most Japanese
adults.

Yakitori – Yakitori is grilled chicken on a stick. It is a very common
food item in Japan.

   

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This kimono are very important for the the Japanese people .They are very
beautiful and nice too wear. (LISA)

         

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