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1. Japan is located to the East of the Asian Continent.

2. Japanese mainland is consisted of three islands.

3. Japan is almost the same size as Texas.

4. Japanese population is almost the same as California.

5. There are three alphabets.

6. The Japanese units of measure are the same as in the US.

7. In Japan, December is winter.

8. It is the custom to take your shoes off before entering a house.

9. It is the custom to tip (ex. Restaurants, porters, taxis etc)

Answers

1. True.  Korea is located about 40 miles west of Japan.

2. False. The mainland consists of four islands.  Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu.  Okinawa is an island, but not considered to be a part of the mainland.

3. False.  Japan is about 146,000 square miles.  Texas is 269,000 square miles.  Montana is about the same size as Japan with 147,000 square miles.

4. False.  The Japanese population is 127 million.  California’s population is 36 million.

5. True.  They are Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji.

6. False.  Japan uses the metric system, celsius for temperature, meters for length, grams for weight and liters for volume.

7. True.  Japan also has four seasons and its climate is very similar to Pennsylvania.

8. True. 

9. False. 

Submitted by Rie Moore