Japanese visitors tell us about Japan

Interesting Facts:

• Tokyo is the capital of Japan. It has 10 million people living in its city
• Japanese people eat lots of sushi, sushimi and tempura (vegetables or prawns in batter)
• the Japanese flag has a red ball in its centre. This is to symbolise the sun
• the Japanese word for Japan is "nihon"or "nippon" which means "sun origin"
• Japanese people often sleep on matresses on the floor
• Because there is a shortage of space lots of people live in appartments
• Oriami-  folding paper into shapes is very popular
• Sumo wrestling is a popular sport
• Japanese children mostly take the train to school  

The Japanese visitors showed us some Japanese toys,origami and ornaments.We also learnt the Japanese word for "sheep".