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The charming mix of modern high technology and ancient rituals, beliefs and traditions of the Far East, Japan creates its inimitable way, so easily recognizable and inviting.

For many centuries in Japan's history alternated periods of internal insulation and, on the contrary, its complete openness to the world.

In the middle of last century, Japan was trying not to let anyone into his inner world and it is only recently opened its doors to all comers.

Therefore, it is not surprising that the interest in the country has grown several times in recent years, and there was so many people wishing to study its customs and get acquainted with Japanese culture.

Below, we have tried to collect the most interesting facts about this mysterious country, which you may not know.

Japan - a country with a monarchical form of government.

The ruling is now the 125th Emperor of Japan Akihito is a direct descendant of Jimmu Emperor - the first emperor of Japan.

Thus, Japan - the last world country, which for all its long history, has never interrupted hereditary power.

The original Japanese name - Nihon or Nippon koku.V translated from ancient Chinese Nippon means "sun homeland." His name is obliged Japan to the Chinese emperor, who in business correspondence using this term.

Prior to that, the Japanese themselves called themselves Yamato.

Because of the large number of local dialects and types of characters, Japanese is still considered the most difficult.

Currently Japanese "alphabet" There are 1850 characters, approved by the Government in 1946, previously the number was much higher.

Characters themselves are of three types: kanji, katakana and hiragana.

Every one of them are used in their special cases: to record numbers of foreign names and words of Chinese origin, etc. The main dining room of the Japanese unit - sticks "chopsticks".

Hasi considered personal property of every Japanese, so that even members of the same family are not permitted to use the stick to each other.

Guests Japanese always keep disposable chopsticks, and for European dishes provide spoons and forks.

The Japanese prefer to eat fish, meat and rice.

A special treat they considered raw meat of a dolphin.

Prices of meat and fish in Japan is the lowest, but fruits and vegetables are not good.

Japan - an island nation.

Islands Shikoku, Hokkaido, Honshu and Kyushu occupy almost the whole of the territory of the state.

Despite its small size, here are collected the biggest buildings in the world: rollercoaster, amusement parks and other architectural landmarks.

Also, special attention deserves the Tokyo subway - the largest and loaded the subway in the world.

Japan is one of the most seismically unstable areas.

In the year there is not less than 1000 earthquakes.

However, the Japanese themselves are not afraid of earthquakes, but rather meet them with joy: the more often they occur, the less the likelihood of a strong earthquake.

Also on the territory of the country it is up to 200 volcanoes, which erupt periodically.

Despite all this, Japan has the highest life expectancy.

Despite the fact that Japan is considered to be a highly technological state, there is no central heating.

With the onset of cold weather in the northern parts of the country every man to take care of the heat in your home, while in the same cities by state roads and sidewalks are heated to prevent icing.

And finally, the Japanese honestly earned the right to be called the most industrious nation in the world.

Only they have a special medical term denoting death from overwork.