DECEMBER 1999 QUESTIONS
- (Mrs. Frame, U.S.A.)
How can my school group send paper cranes to the Hiroshima Peace
Park?
Millions of paper cranes arrive at the Peace
Park in Hiroshima each year from across the world in a showing
of the folders' prayer for peace. You can make your contribution,
too, by stringing 1,000 cranes in garlands of 100 cranes each and
sending them to:
Office of the Mayor
City of Hiroshima
1-6-34 Kokutaiji-machi
Naka-ku, Hiroshima 730-0042 JAPAN |
You can also search the Web for organizations that can help you send
cranes.
- (Nikki, Britain)
How far away is Japan from mainland Asia?
Located on the western tip of Kyushu
island, Nagasaki is the closest prefecture to mainland Asia. The island
of Tsushima, part of Nagasaki Prefecture, is only 53 kilometers (33
miles) from the South Korean seaport Pusan.
- (Patricia, U.S.A.)
Why do Japanese people mostly only eat rice?
Although rice is the Japanese people's staple food, this does't mean
they eat little of anything else. Rice is an important part of a traditional
Japanese meal, but other foods are also eaten at the same time. You
can learn more by reading An
Introduction to Japanese Food in our own A
Japanese Cookbook for Kids section.
- (Aaron, Anth, Donette, and others)
How do the Japanese celebrate Christmas?
While many Japanese celebrate Christmas, for most of them the day
doesn't have religious significance. It's largely a time for eating
Christmas cake and other special dishes and for exchanging presents
with loved ones, and like many others around the world, a lot of Japanese
kids anxiously await gifts from Santa Claus. It's also popular for
young couples to spend Christmas Eve together.
- (Cindy, U.S.A.)
In Japan, do they have fast-food shops like Subway, Pizza Hut,
Hardee's, and Burger King?
Japan has many fast-food shops, especially in Tokyo and other big
cities, both foreign--like the ones listed above, though Hardee's
hasn't made it to Japan yet--and domestic, like Freshness Burger,
Mos Burger, and Lotteria. McDonald's, for example, has over 3,000
shops across Japan.
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