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Table Of Contents:

Introduction-Page 2

Supply List-Page 3

Wildlife-Page 4

People-Page 5

Map-Page 6

Journals-Page 7

Article-Page 8

Essay-Page 9

Reflection-Page 10

Japan consists of several thousand islands.  

Exotic animals thrive all throughout these 

islands, and the weather is warm almost year 

round in the southern islands.   Japan has lots 

of mountains as well as dense forests, and the 

ocean is extremely close no matter where you 

are on any of the Japanese Islands.

An item to make fresh water: Japan's main 

water source is the ocean, which is salty!

Band-aids: Japan is very mountainous, if you 

roll down a mountain you'll need something to 

cover the cut!

A Cell Phone: That way you can call people just 

in case there was something on this list that you 

might also need!

-There are about 130 different species of 

mammals in Japan.

-Around 5000 to 6000 different species of 

plant occur in areas of Japan.

-Japan has about 600 different types of birds.

Japanese people are   very polite and can be 

offended very easily.   They have many 

different traditions such as taking your shoes 

off before you enter any house or business.  

-On the way to Japan, we were crossed by a 

three hundred foot long giant squid in our 

submarine!!!

-Flying Fish jumped into our little sail boat 

while we were out fishing and almost sunk the 

boat.

-We were confronted by a giant serpent while 

on our way to Hokkaido, one of the larger 

islands in Japan.

April 1, 1990 | SAM JAMESON, TIMES STAFF 

WRITER

"Rice is the Japanese culture that has lasted for 

several thousand years. It is the Japanese people 

themselves," Tomio Yamamoto, Japan's new 

agriculture minister, declared as he took over his 

job. Rice, however, is no longer the culture it once 

was. Indeed, Japanese are eating less of it every 

year. Farmers themselves are cutting consumption 

even faster than city dwellers. Not even 15 years of 

campaigns to promote rice consumption have halted 

the decline.

This article wasn't just representing rice.   It 

was also representing how the Japanese 

culture is always changing.   This is similar to 

our culture, because we always have a new 

trend coming on, and if you compared our 

culture to how it was 100 years ago, it was 

very different.   This is also shown in the 

Japanese culture, which is why I consider them 

to be very similar.

Citations:Los Angeles Times, April 1, 1990 | 

SAM JAMESON, TIMES STAFF WRITER

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