2+Japan

Japan By: Madison, Sydney and Raygen

Thesis: Japan is a country that has a lot of Culture and History.
**Food:** === One of Japan's most famous dishes is the katsudon and the Tempura. The tempura dish is seafood of vegetables dipped and deep fried. It is served with a dipping sauce and Daikon. The katsudon dish is just like the Tempura dish. They are both served and made exactly the same. === __ = Plant Life: =

^^^^^^ Tree ferns in Iriomote-jima Island. ^^^^^^
^^^^^^ A magnolia in the montane zone, Magnolia salicifolia.^^^^^^

^^^^^^A dwarfed azalea in the sub-alpine zone,Vaccinium vitis-idaea.^^^^^^



^^^^^^Larches on the slopes of Mt. Fuji.^^^^^^

^^^^^^Sugi is planted all over Japan, but in the wild it rarely grows in pure stands.^^^^^^

= **For more info please vist** http://homepage3.nifty.com/walkwithnature/floraofjapan.html =

=Animals.= Japan's animals are just like ours here in the United State but their are some differences. Like the monkey he has a red face and brown fur. Japans animals are Bear, Butterfly, Camel, Cat, Chicken, Cow, Crocodile, Deer, Dog, Dolphin, Donkey, Duck, Eagle, Elephant, Frog, Giraffe, etc.

= Area and Climate. =

Climate:Varies from tropical in south to cool temperate in north.
= Government: =

Shinto myth says that the first stated of Japan was in 660 B.C.
Shinto is the ancient religion.Demorcates party since the 1950's!!! Japan Monarchy-Head out by an Emperor and know as the Chrysanthemum. Throne Japan has the oldest hereditary Monarchy. After WWII the life of the Emperor was horrible and not very good in any way, shape, or form.