20 small fun facts about Japan

The site invites you to a fascinating virtual tour of Japan! We publish a collection of facts, telling surprising and interesting details about this country. < 1. "Congo Gumi» - the oldest continuously operating company in the world (he has been working for more than 1400 years). The company was founded in 578 AD and is continuously working under the control of the family clan to 2006, when it was absorbed by Takamatsu Corporation.

< 2. In Japan, there is an island that is packed to overflowing rabbits. It is very popular among tourists. < Website wrote about it in detail in this article.

< 3. Farmers in Japan grow square watermelons, to make them easier to store and transport.



< 4. The birth rate in Japan is so low that sell more diapers for adults than for babies.

< 5. Masabumi Hosono, a Japanese citizen who has experienced the death of the Titanic, in Japan called a coward, because he did not go to the bottom with the other passengers.

< 6. In Japan, there is a "cat cafe" where you can drink coffee in the company of cats.



< 7. Sleeping on the job in Japan is considered to be acceptable as it is a sign that "man does not sleep, as a lot of work." Some companies even allow employees to take a 30-minute siesta at any time between 13 and 16 hours. This practice is called "Inemuri».

< 8. Dancing in the late evening and night were banned in Japan until 2015.

< 9. In Japan, students and teachers clean the school grounds together. The schools do not have janitors.



< 10. In 1997, 685 children were hospitalized after watching another "Pokemon" series, which has caused dizziness, vomiting and cramps. We are talking about the episode number 38 of the first season. In this episode, Pikachu uses one of their attacks, causing the screen quickly flashes red and blue.

< 11. In Japan uses 24 billion pairs of chopsticks every year.

< 12. In Japan, as a rule, people on Christmas Eve lunch at KFC. Sometimes the place bought a few months.



< 13. Due to concerns about the yakuza in many public baths do not let people with tattoos.

< 14. Japanese magnetic levitation train can travel at speeds of over 500 km / h. The whole world envies them!

< 15 The Japanese railway -. The most mandatory in the world. On average, the delay of trains -. Not more than 18 seconds



< 16. In Japan, 90% of mobile phones are waterproof. The reason for this is the fact that people in this country use smartphones, even while taking a shower.

< 17. In Spain, there is a city where nearly 700 people have the last name "Japan". They are descendants of samurai 6, moved to Spain in the 17th century.

< 18. W and except for some rare cases, the streets in Japan do not have names. As they guided? Probably, by the stars!



< 19. In the competition "Naki Sumo" sumoists compete whose baby pereorёt opponent.

< 20. Godzilla recently became a citizen of Japan, and was officially established in Tokyo's Shinjuku district.

. < 21 Hikikomory - a phenomenon in Japan, during which men refuse from social life as much as possible and try to isolate themselves and retreat from society. Often hikikomori do not go out of his room for years.



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