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Japan (
National symbol
[edit]Main category: Symbols of Japan
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Emblem of the Office of Prime Minister
Map
[edit]Main categories: Maps of Japan and Old maps of Japan
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Satellite imagery
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Satellite imagery
May 2003 -
Topographic map
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Japan and neighboring seas
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Detail map
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First 2-digit postcode areas of Japan
Nature
[edit]Main category: Nature of Japan
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Goko Five Lakes (Shiretoko) (WHS)
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Mt. Fuji rising above the clouds.
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Dainichi Mountains from Murodo
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Lake Kurobe
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The Japanese have long thought of the Sakura as the flower which symbolizes the nation.
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Leaf symbolizes the Japanese sense of the seasons (Kyoto)
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Torokawataira Plateau
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Nachi Falls (WHS)
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Chibu sekiheki (Oki Island)
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Okinawa is famous for the beautiful sea.
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Kabira Gulf
Garden
[edit]Main galleries: Japanese garden and Japanese rock garden.
Main category: Gardens in Japan
Skyline
[edit]Main category: Prefectural capitals of Japan
Building
[edit]Main categories: Architecture of Japan and Buildings in Japan
Castle
[edit]Main category: Castles in Japan
Structure of worship
[edit]Main categories: Shinto shrines in Japan and Temples in Japan
Historic building
[edit]Culture
[edit]Main categories: Culture of Japan and Kimono
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Hina matsuri (March 3). This is the day on which wishes are expressed for the future happiness of girls.
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Koinobori is decorated around children's day (May 5), in honor of sons and in the hope that they will grow up healthy and strong.
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Chopsticks are small tapered sticks used in pairs of equal length as the traditional eating utensils.
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Fusuma are vertical rectangular panels which can slide from side to side to redefine spaces within a room, or act as doors.
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Geisha are traditional, female Japanese entertainers whose skills include performing various Japanese arts such as classical music and dance.
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Shōji is a door, window or room divider consisting of translucent paper over a frame of wood which holds together a lattice of wood or bamboo.
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Tatami is a mat used to cover the floor in a Japanese room.
Religion
[edit]Main category: Religion in Japan
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Torii symbolically marks the transition from the profane to the sacred.
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Sandō is the road approaching either a Shinto shrine or a Buddhist temple.
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Chōzuya or Temizuya is a Shinto water ablution pavilion for a ceremonial purification rite known as Temizu.
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Komainu are statue pairs of lion-like creatures guarding shinto shrines.
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Suzu means calling gods and divinized heroes.
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At midnight, people listen to joyanokane, bells which ring the old year out at many Buddhist temples all over Japan.
Art
[edit]Main category: Art of Japan
Art of painting
[edit]Main gallery: Ukiyo-e.
Main category: Paintings in Japan
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Portrait of Kichijōten (8th C., National Treasure)
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Mandala of the Two Realms (9th C., National Treasure)
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Portrait of Saicho (11th C., National Treasure)
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Illustrated handscroll of the Monk Zuanzang (12th C., National Treasure)
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Murasaki Shikibu Diary Emaki (13th C., National Treasure)
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Autumn and Winter Landscapes (Sesshu Toyo, 15th C., National Treasure)
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Pine Trees (Hasegawa Tohaku, 16th C., National Treasure)
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Scenes in and around the capital (1574, National Treasure)
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Wind God and Thunder God (Tawaraya Sotatsu, 17th C., National Treasure)
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Beauty looking back (Hishikawa Moronobu, 17th C.)
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Irises (Ogata Korin, 17th C., National Treasure)
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Pine Trees (Maruyama Okyo, 1786, National Treasure)
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Three known beauties (Kitagawa Utamaro, 18th C.)
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The Kabuki actor Otani Oniji II (Toshusai Sharaku, 1794)
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Red Fuji of 36 Views of Mount Fuji (Katsushika Hokusai, 1830)
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Nihonbashi of The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Hiroshige Utagawa, 1833)
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A portrait of Takami Senseki (Watanabe Kazan, 1837, National Treasure)
Sculpture
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Ganjin wajyo portrait at Tōshōdai-ji (8th C.) (WHS)
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Usuki Stone Buddhas in Usuki (11-13th C)
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Kamakura Daibutsu at Kotokuin (13th C.)
Theatre building
[edit]Main category: Theatre of Japan
Festival
[edit]Main category: Festivals of Japan by prefecture
Sport
[edit]Main gallery: Professional sumo.
Main category: Sports in Japan
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Sumo ceremony
(Dohyouiri)
Game
[edit]Main category: Games of Japan
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Shogi, also known as Japanese chess, is a two-player board game in the same family as Western chess.
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Go is an ancient board game for two players.
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Karuta (Hyakunin Isshu) is a Japanese card game.
Cuisine
[edit]Museum
[edit]Main categories: Museums in Japan and National museums of Japan
National Treasure of Japan
[edit]Main category: National Treasures of Japan
- Buildings and structures of national treasures of Japan
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- Category:National Treasures of Japan (castles) (see list)
- Category:National Treasures of Japan (miscellaneous structures) (see list)
- Category:National Treasures of Japan (residences) (see list)
- Category:National Treasures of Japan (shrines) (see list)
- Category:National Treasures of Japan (temples) (see list)
- Fine Arts and crafts of national treasures of Japan
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- Category:National Treasures of Japan (ancient documents) (see list)
- Category:National Treasures of Japan (archaeological materials) (see list)
- Category:National Treasures of Japan (crafts) (see list1 and list2)
- Category:National Treasures of Japan (historical materials) (see list)
- Category:National Treasures of Japan (paintings) (see list)
- Category:National Treasures of Japan (sculptures) (see list)
- Category:National Treasures of Japan (writings) (see list)