Japan is an amazing country with great history and rich culture.
More than 200 years, Dating back to 1639, it remained completely isolated from the outside world. The identity of the Country of the rising sun still amazes and fascinates us. I represent to your attention 13 interesting facts about Japan that are hard to believe.
1. Capsule hotels
One of the options for Japanese hotels, which is a small sleeping cells arranged one above the other. Space capsule enough to sleep, watch TV or read a book. Night in a hotel costs about $ 30.
2. Christmas dinner at KFC
Christmas dinner at KFC, a tradition that is becoming more popular in Japan. Entire queues lining up for a celebratory bucket of hot wings, salad and cake.
3. Some Japanese women specifically bend the teeth
In Japan there is a trend of “Yaeba”, which means “double tooth”. Japanese women pay hundreds of dollars to dentists to change a perfectly straight and smooth teeth. All they want is elongated and protruding fangs.
4. In Japan the number 4 is considered unlucky
In hotels and hospitals in Japan rarely 4th floors. The number four is avoided everything, because it is consonant with the word “death.”
5. On the island of Miyakejima impossible to stay without the mask
The volcano Oyama, located in the center of the island, spewing poisonous gas (sulphur dioxide), so without the mask, the residents simply can not do.
6. Sleeping on the job
Sleep on the job”, Inemuri” indicates a serious attitude to work, so Japanese companies encourage employees to tired to take a NAP half an hour.
7. This year 32000 Japanese turned 100 years old
Japan is currently home to over 65,000 people, whose age exceeds 100 years. On the day of the veneration of old age on September 19 each new survivor, the government gives a silver dish.
8. The Japanese refuse to have sex
The Japanese (45% women and 25% of men) do not want to go on dates, get married and even to have sex, after all, only obsessed with career.
9. The police catches criminals with balls of paint
Trace of paint remaining after a shot on the clothing or vehicle of the offender that helps you to apprehend the attacker.
10. The ban on dancing in clubs after midnight
The law banning dancing after midnight was adopted in 1948 to prevent the spread of prostitution.
11. Japan is home to the oldest business in the world
The oldest business in the world – Japanese hotel Nisiyama Onsen Keiunkan, which works with the 705.
12. The students themselves clean the classrooms
In Japan cleaning classes are students.
13. More than 70% of the territory of Japan consists of mountains
The country has many active volcanoes because it is located in the Pacific volcanic ring of fire.
