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THE OGACIOUS RACE

By Alex Henry SFW

Country: Japan

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Contents Country Flag Map Tokyo: Food Tokyo: Food Pictures Shizuoka Provenience Flag Shizuoka City: Famous People Photos of Famous People Nagoya Transport Photos 1 Photos 2 Osaka Prefecture Flag Osaka Glossary References

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TOKYO

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Tokyo Food

Question: Find Out The Main Foods Of Japan and how they are made?

Sushi: Japanese sushi can feature rice, seaweed and raw fish or tuna.

Bento: Bento is little boxes with assorted foods. For example, it could feature: Rice, fish or meat and with some pickled vegies.

Mochi: Can be Confectionary, Ice Cream or Soup. It is made with pounded sticky rice. mochi ice cream Can be in flavours of chocolate, mango, coconut, green tea, coffee, red bean, vanilla, and strawberry

Taiyaki: Otherwise called Baked Sea Bream often filled with Bean Paste or Custard ,Chocolate Or Cheese

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Shizuoka Provenience Flag

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SHIZUOKA CITY

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Shizuoka City: Famous People Research Question: Find and research about the famous people of

Shizuoka City? Master Shoichi (1202 ～ 1280) When he returned to Japan on

official duty from Sung (China), Master Shoichi brought back tea nuts and thousands of Buddhist scrolls. It is said that the tea nuts were planted in Suruga-Ashikubo (Ashikubo of Shizuoka City today), near his hometown. He is considered to be the Father of Shizuoka Tea.

Tokugawa Ieyasu (1542 ～ 1616) Carrying on the quest of Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi to unite the nation, Ieyasu established the Edo Bakufu feudal government, of which he was the first shogun. Despite having transferred the title of shogun to his son Hidetada after only two years and retiring to Sumpu (current-day Shizuoka), Ieyasu continued to wield political power as a de facto "shadow " shogun from this base.

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Photos of the Famous People

Master Shoichi

Tokugawa Ieyasu

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NAGOYA

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Nagoya Transport

Focus Question: Find and give in detail about the transportation of Japan?

Shinkansen( 新幹線 )(Bullet train): The Bullet train runs at a speed of 300km. The Tokaido Shinkansen (which is that one that stops at Nagoya) that is the oldest and most popular transportation.

Also there is a Toyota Automobile Museum. Ferries Connect the Japanese islands. Most domestic ferries

transport people, vehicles and cargo. While shorter routes are served by small ships, able to carry a couple of cars and a few dozens of passengers, large liners are employed on longer routes.

Air transport is booming as well with Haneda airport being in the top 5 airports in Asia. Osaka International Airport, New Chitose Airport outside Sapporo, and Fukuoka Airport.

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Nagoya Transport Photos 1

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Nagoya Transport Photos2

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OSAKA

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Osaka Clothing

Research Question: What are the different type of clothing in Osaka?

着物 (Kimono) 下駄 (Geta) 浴衣 (Yukata) 帯ベルト (Refer To Quiz)

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What is the name of the belt?

Obi

Yukata

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The Answer is ………..

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OKAYAMA

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Okayama Culture

There is a story they told About a little boy called Momotaro.

There a A lot of Japanese stories

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The Story of Momotaro(English)

Once upon a time there lived an old man an old woman in the country of Okayama. The old man went everyday into the mountains to cut wood, while his wife would go to the river to wash clothes. One day, while the old woman was down at the river washing clothes, a big peach came floating down the river! It looked so delicious, she decided to take it home for her and her husband to eat. When the old man came back to their home, the old woman cut the peach open, and to their surprise, there was a small boy inside! They decided to call him Momotaro, which means 'peach boy'.

The old couple raised Momotaro to be big and strong. One day, he decided to go and defeat the ogres living on Ogre Island that were pillaging the land. The old woman fixed him some delicious millet dumplings, known as kibi-dango, for his long journey to the island. On the way, a monkey, a dog, and a pheasant joined him, giving them a dumpling each in return for their help in fighting the ogres.

Upon reaching the Ogre Island, Momotaro and his companions found that the gate was locked to the Ogre's fort. The pheasant flew inside, and grabbed a key to let the others in. Once inside, they fought the evil ogres. The pheasant pecked their eyes, the dog bit their legs and the monkey jumped on their backs, clawing at the beasts. Finally, the ogres cried for mercy! They gave the strong Momotaro all of their treasure, and he returned to his village triumphantly. Momotaro and the old couple lived happily ever after.

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桃太郎の物語（日本語）

むかしむかし、岡山県の国のおばあさんは老人が住んでいました。彼の妻が服を洗うために川に行くだろうが老人は、木を切るために山に毎日行ってきました。おばあさんが洗濯川でダウンしていた間に一日、大きな桃が川を下って浮いて来た！それはとてもおいしそう、彼女は彼女と食事をする夫のために家に持ち帰ることにしました。老人が戻って自宅に来たとき、老婆が開いている桃を切って、その驚くべきことに、内部に小さな少年がいました！彼らは彼を " 桃太郎 " を意味桃太郎、と呼ぶことに決めました。老夫婦は大きく、強くなるために桃太郎を提起した。ある日、彼は土地を略奪されたオーガ島に住んでいる鬼に移動し、敗北することを決めた。老婆は島に彼の長い旅のために、彼は吉備団子として知られているいくつかのおいしいキビ団子を、修正しました。途中、サル、イヌ、キジはそれらに鬼との戦いで彼らの助けと引き換えにそれぞれの団子を与えて、彼に参加しました。ゲートはオーガの砦にロックされていたことがわかったオーガ島、桃太郎とその仲間たちに到達したとき。キジは、内部飛び、他の人がログイン中に入ると、彼らは邪悪な鬼を戦ったようにする鍵を手にした。キジは彼らの目を尻に敷かれ、犬は自分の足を噛み、猿は動物でclawing 、彼らの背中に飛びついた。最後に、鬼は慈悲のために泣いた！彼らは強い桃太郎彼らの宝物のすべてを与え、彼は意気揚々と彼の村に戻った。桃太郎と老夫婦後まで幸せに暮らしました。

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Glossary

新幹線 :Shinkansen(Bullet Train)

Shogun: is the title applied to the chief military commanders from about the 8th century.

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References Wikipedia Planettokyo http://www.shizuoka-guide.com/english/history/index.html http://web-japan.org/atlas/historical/his10.html http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3302.html

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Arigato Gozaimasu