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101 Facts about Japan: History - Culture - Nature - Curiosities
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Series: 101 Facts about Countries, Book 7
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ISBN13: 9798194112241
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 21 2026
Pages: 140
Weight: 0.43
Height: 0.33 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 21 2026
Pages: 140
Weight: 0.43
Height: 0.33 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A country everyone believes they already know.Japan is not made up of 6,852 islands but of 14,125 - since the recount of 2023. One in ten of the world's active volcanoes sits on its territory. The oldest pottery shards in the country are roughly 16,000 years old and therefore older than agriculture. And in Kyoto, people have recorded when the cherries bloom since the year 812. 101 facts. Each on a page of its own.
Open it anywhere, sorted into six chapters:
It makes the country stranger, older, and more mysterious than it is. The tree is always seven thousand years old, never two thousand. The tradition always reaches back to antiquity, even when it dates from the 1960s. Checked, not copied.
Every number was checked against an accessible source before it was written down. Where sources disagree, the range appears instead of the prettiest value. One example: Japan does not have 5.5 million vending machines but roughly 2.6 million. With key figures, a timeline, a glossary, and an index for looking things up. Useless knowledge can be many things. Wrong should not be one of them.
- Geography & Nature - islands, volcanoes, tsunami, snow records
- History & Archaeology - Jomon pottery, sakoku, Hiroshima
- People, Language & Cities - three scripts, naming law, aging
- Pop Culture, Technology & Inventions - emoji, QR code, karaoke, Godzilla
- Food & Drink - umami, sushi, sake, wasabi, pufferfish
- Economy, Records & Everyday Life - vending machines, cash, hot springs
It makes the country stranger, older, and more mysterious than it is. The tree is always seven thousand years old, never two thousand. The tradition always reaches back to antiquity, even when it dates from the 1960s. Checked, not copied.
Every number was checked against an accessible source before it was written down. Where sources disagree, the range appears instead of the prettiest value. One example: Japan does not have 5.5 million vending machines but roughly 2.6 million. With key figures, a timeline, a glossary, and an index for looking things up. Useless knowledge can be many things. Wrong should not be one of them.
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