JAPANESE CULTURE
Hello ladies and gentlemen I am Selcuk Gundogdu and I am studying in Okan University. My major is International Trade. Today I am going to present you very interesting topic. I hope everyone will enjoy my presentation today. The purpose of this presentation is to give you some ideas about what Japanese culture looks like. One of the most interesting culture for many people is Japanese culture. Japanese culture includes very interesting things. Lets start with Japan’s religion which is called ‘Sintoism’. Shinto ("the way of the gods") is the indigenous faith of the Japanese people and as old as Japan itself. It remains Japan's major religion alongside Buddhism. Shinto does not have a founder nor does it have sacred scriptures like the sutras or the bible. Propaganda and preaching are not common either, because Shinto is deeply rooted in the Japanese people and traditions. Shinto gods" are called kami. They are sacred spirits which take the form of things and concepts important to life, such as wind, rain, mountains, trees, rivers and fertility. Humans become kami after they die and are revered by their families as ancestral kami. The kami of extraordinary people are even enshrined at some shrines. The Sun Goddess Amaterasu is considered Shinto's most important kami. Secondly the other important thing in Japanese culture is their traditional food. The most known food from Japan is ‘Sushi’. Sushi is a Japanese food consisting of cooked vinegared rice (shari) combined with other ingredients (neta), usually raw fish or other seafood. Almost every country in the World has at least a Sushi restaurant so it is easy for us to taste this delicious food all around the World. They also enjoy eating noodles whick looks like spagetti and it can also serve as soup. Japanese people generaly use chopsticks to eat their food.
Thirdly Their other important culture is their clothes. One of the traditional clothe is ‘kimono’ .Kimono has many diffrent types. All types has diffrent meanings. Kimono are generally worn with traditional footwear (especially zōri or geta) and split-toe socks (tabi). Some Japanese women wears kimono in national ceramony; others wear is in wedding ceramonies. A few older women and even fewer men still wear the kimono on a daily basis. Men wear the kimono most often at weddings, tea ceremonies, and other very special or very formal occasions. Professional sumo wrestlers are often seen in the kimono because they are required to wear traditional Japanese dress whenever appearing in public.
Finally; the other important fact in Japanese culture is ‘Samurai’. The samurai (or bushi) were the warriors of premodern Japan. They later made up the ruling military class that eventually became the highest ranking social caste of the Edo Period (1603-1867). Samurai employed a range of weapons such as bows and arrows, spears and guns, but their main weapon and symbol was the sword.. In the Japan history they played big role on wars. So that; Japanese people respect them very much.
To sum up; Japanese culture is one of the very interesting culture in the world. So that; it would be nice to go to Japan and see how their culture and life style in their country which i think will be adventurous to most of us.
Finally I will be happy to answer your questions.
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