Curriculum PowerPoint matches 5th and 6th-grade standards. First-person resources copyright of Global Ties Akron Know Your Community Know Your World

1. JAPAN
Your tour guide: Fumi Sugimoto
KNOW YOUR COMMUNITY
KNOW YOUR WORLD
A PROGRAM OF GLOBAL TIES AKRON

2. My Profile
Nov, 17.1986 Born at Hiroshima Japan
March, 2009 Graduate from University
April, 2009 MEXT (Ministry education, culture, sports, science - technology)
May, 2014
~March,2015 Training Program to Learn US Higher Education Systems

3. Country Map
Tokyo
USA
Japan

4. JAPANESE MONEY / CHARACTER
<Kanji>
杉本 芙美
<Hiragana>
すぎもと ふみ
<Katakana>
スギモト フミ
JAPANESE
MONEY
JAPANESE
CHARAKUTERS

5. JAPANESE SHIRINES AND TEMPLES
SHIRINE
- a place for Shinto (Japanese
indigenous religion) worship
TEMPLE
a place for Buddhist worship

6. JAPANESE TRADITIONAL ART
CASTLE PERFORMING ARTS –Noh-
JAPANESE
PICTURES
- Ukiyo-e -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o--VbWf6M0c

7. JAPANESE TRADITIONAL FOOD
SUSHI Tempur
a
Okonomiyaki
Tonkats
u
Sukiyaki Yakitor
i

8. JAPANESE TRADITIONAL SWEETS
Kakigori Manjyu
Macha

9. JAPANESE TRADITIONAL CHILDREN GAMES
Shogi
Koma
Origami
JAN KEN PON
–Rock, paper,
scissors!-

10. JAPANESE TRADITIONAL FESTIVAL
Mikoshi Bon-odori
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=513_juMYV7M

11. ♪うれしいひな祭り
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFugKy3Bai
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JAPANESE TRADITIONAL GIRL’S FESTIVAL
Hina-Ningyo dolls FOOD
SWEETS

12. JAPANESE TRADITIONAL BOY’S FESTIVAL
♪koinobori
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1iCBk60h2w
GOGATSU-
NINGYO
-DOLLS-
KOINOBORI - CORPS -

13. NATIONAL FESTIVALS-HOLIDAYS EVENTS
JAPANESE NEW YEAR - CUSTOMS
Otoshidama
(Gift of Money) Kadomatsu(Gate Pine)
Nengajyo
(Postcorads
)

14. NATIONAL FESTIVALS-HOLIDAYS EVENTS
JAPANESE NEW YEAR - FOOD
Osechi Ozoni
The Japanese New Year is an annual festival with its
own customs on January 1 of each year.

15. NATIONAL FESTIVALS-HOLIDAYS EVENTS
JAPANESE NEW YEAR - CUSTOMS
Hatsumode
(the first visit of the year
to a shrine)
Omikuji
(divine fortune)
JyoyanoKane
(Bell ringing)