Faces: People, Places, and Cultures back issues from January 2006:
Mystery photo?(paper cranes )(Brief article)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Do you know what this is? Can you imagine how long it must have taken to fold all ...
High 5.(fascinating facts about Japan)(Brief article)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Would you like to ride a bike to school or zoom along at more than 185 miles an hour on the "bullet train"? You can do both during a visit to Japan. Here are five fascinating facts about Japan. 1 How can one thing have two names? Westerners were so impressed by the incredible ...
Japan.(Japan )(Brief article)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Official Name: Japan Location: Japan is an island chain in eastern Asia between the western Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan, east of the Korean Peninsula Area: 145,882 square miles (total for all islands) Population: 127,333,002 (July 2004 est.) ...
Mount Fuji.(Mount Fuji )
Jan 01, 2006; ... Mount Fuji is the highest (12,388 feet, or 3,776 meters) volcanic mountain in Japan. Located on Honshu Island near Tokyo, Mount Fuji is a dormant or resting stratovolcano that last erupted in 1708. It could burst to life again at any time. It is made mostly of basalt lava that contains 50 ...
Japan: nation of tradition, nation of change.(Japan's history)
Jan 01, 2006; ... Japan is a bustling and dynamic place. On the streets of Tokyo, you'll probably see kids just like you, hanging out at a McDonald's and snapping pictures with their cell phones. Some kids might be reading the latest manga (mon-ga), or comic book, on a train while listening to their ...
School life in Japan.
Jan 01, 2006; ... Ken Ishi is 15. He is in the third grade of junior high in Japan, which is the equivalent of the ninth grade in the United States. In some ways, Ken's school is similar to an American school, but there are also many differences. One difference is that because Ken is in the last grade of ...
Youkoso! Welcome!(Japanese language is most closely related to Korean)
Jan 01, 2006; ... Japanese has many dialects spoken throughout the country, but everyone understands hyojungo, or standard Japanese. You might already know some Japanese words, such as sushi, soy, and futon. Some say that Japanese is most closely related to Korean, but there are also Chinese characters in ...
Ancient drums make modern music.(Musashi Taiko)
Jan 01, 2006; ... Natsumi climbs up the yagura platform. It is her turn to play the lone taiko drum at the top. The sun has gone down, but it is still very hot and humid in Tokyo. She looks down at the strings of lanterns glowing in the dark. They are lit to guide the spirits of dead ancestors home. ...
Dog of Japan: Hachiko: almost all Americans have heard of Lassie, a collie who was a faithful friend to her young master. In Japan, almost everyone knows the story of Hachiko, a faithful Akita who lived in Tokyo many years ago.(Hachiko )(Akita)
Jan 01, 2006; ... The stories about Lassie are fiction, but the story of Hachiko is real. How did a nation come to love this big-hearted dog? Hachiko was born in 1923 in the mountains of northern Japan. An Akita, he was a large dog with a curly tail, a thick coat, and a big, bearlike head. ...
Way to go ... by bike!(bicycle in Japan)
Jan 01, 2006; ... Everybody rides a bicycle in Japan! That includes grandmothers with parasols shielding them against the sun, well-dressed businessmen, and mothers with one or two children on board. Also, policemen, Buddhist monks, students, and just about everyone else rides a bike. As one deputy mayor ...
Manga and anime.(comic strips)
Jan 01, 2006; ... To witness the birth of manga and anime, we must travel back to the late 17th century and visit a boy named Hokusai. He was a rebellious young student, always in trouble because he talked back to his teachers and challenged the way they did things. He was also a gifted artist who would ...
Beautiful Bonsai.(Bonsai is the art of growing trees )(Brief article)
Jan 01, 2006; ... Bonsai is the art of growing trees in small trays. Trees grown this way are miniature versions of larger ones, such as junipers, Japanese maples, and white pines. Bonsai can be as small as a couple of inches high or as big as about four feet tall. Trimming roots and branches and wrapping ...
Oshogatsu: the Japanese New Year.(Americans and Japanese, the New Year's holiday)
Jan 01, 2006; ... "Happy New Year!" shout the thousands of people crowded into New York City's Times Square on December 31 as the ball falls at midnight, officially beginning a new year. People all across America welcome the new year at parties with friends and family. Restaurants offer dinners complete ...
Washoku: eating Japanese-style.(Japanese cuisine )
Jan 01, 2006; ... What do Japanese children eat? Check out the contents of their lunch boxes. A seaweed-wrapped slice of fresh sushi shares space with a plum, ohagi (Japanese sweet rice balls), and chocolate chip cookies. Another lunch box holds a container of leftover spaghetti, a thermos of warm miso ...
Home, sweet home.(Japanese traditional housing and architecture)
Jan 01, 2006; ... Japan, in many ways, is the most modern and technologically advanced country in the world. Yet the Japanese have retained some traditional housing and architecture. If you visited Tokyo, you would find modern buildings that look like those of many other world capitals. Yet around the ...
Ask faces!
Jan 01, 2006 ... Here is your chance to send us your world culture--and geography-related questions! Each month, our experts will answer several questions from readers like you. Want to know where the world's highest mountain is located? What is the largest country in the world? Ask FACES! Q ....
Face facts.(Cartoon)
Jan 01, 2006; ... The Japanese slurp their noodles. The louder the better. It's quite a scene in the very popular noodle restaurants with everyone slurping away. ...
Fans' favorites: children in Japan have lots of sports heroes. Here are some of their top picks.
Jan 01, 2006; ... Though Shinji Ono plays for Feyenoord, a Dutch soccer team from Rotterdam, he also plays for the Japanese national team in the Olympics, the World Cup, and other international competitions. Injuries kept him off the field for much of the 2002-03 and 2003-04 seasons, but he was able to play ...
Urashima Taro: a Japanese folktale.(Short story)
Jan 01, 2006; ... Long ago in Japan lived a young fisherman named Urashima Taro. One day when he was walking on the seashore, he saw some boys hitting a large sea turtle with a stick. "Leave him alone," he told the boys. "Don't be unkind." Ashamed of themselves, the boys released the turtle. A ...
Japanese Children's Favorite Stories.(Japanese Children's Favorite Stories)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Japanese Children's Favorite Stories edited by Florence Sakade While some of these tales have recognizable western counterparts (though the fate of Little One-Inch is very different from Thumbelina's!), many others are completely different, and all are uniquely Japanese. Though ...
Kira-Kira.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2006; ... Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata This novel, a Newbery Medal book, is beautifully narrated by Katie, a Japanese America girl. Kira-kira was one of Katie Takeshima's first words. Her sister Lynn had told her that the Japanese word kira-kira meant "sparkly" or "glittery." From then ...
The Ainu of Japan.(The Ainu of Japan)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2006 ... The Ainu of Japan by Barbara Aoki Poisson On Japan's northern island, Hokkaido, live the Ainu people, the native people of Japan. In this well-illustrated book, learn about Japan's first people--their history, homeland, economy, and ...
The Japanese Americans.(The Japanese Americans)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2006 ... The Japanese Americans by Tony Zurlo Here is a comprehensive resource book providing all you need to know about the story of Japanese immigration to the United States. The book begins in Japan, explaining the historical situation that led from an outright ban on emigration and ...
Ichiro Suzuki.(Ichiro Suzuki )(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Ichiro Suzuki by David S. Leigh Can a Japanese baseball star make it in the United States? This well-told story tells all about Japan's all-star outfielder, as well as how baseball came to Japan. It includes several ...
Colors of Japan.(Colors of Japan)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Colors of Japan by Holly Littlefield; illustrated by Helen Byers This unique book uses ten colors to describe Japan. Each color is written in Japanese with pronunciation, so you'll learn a bit about this nation's language as well as the meaning of ...
Families of Japan.(Families of Japan )(Brief article)(Children's review)(Video recording review)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Families of Japan Arden Films Take a journey to Japan to follow the lives of two Japanese children and their families from breakfast to bedtime. In this entertaining 30-minute video, you'll see inside ...
Kids Web Japan.(Japanese schools )(Brief article)
Jan 01, 2006 ... On this site you can meet kids who have made the news, visit Japanese schools, find out what Japanese kids like to talk ...
The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.(Japan Galleries )(Brief article)
Jan 01, 2006 ... The Japan Galleries of this museum have space devoted to two major art forms: the tea room and the bamboo basket. Special programs designed for children include the Family ...
Japanese American National Museum.(Americans of Japanese ancestry)(Brief article)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Taiko drumming, puppet shows, craft classes, book readings, historical walking tours, and more. The Japanese American National Museum is the only museum in the United States ...
Say what?(One Last Face)
Jan 01, 2006 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: Say what? Write a caption for this photograph. The ...