Japan Travel Overview
Important facts
Capital: Tokyo (See more on ITYPEMBA.COM)
Official language: Japanese
Currency: Yen 1JPY = 0.01EUR
Continent: East Asia
Vacation in Japan – 日本国
In the “Land of the Rising Sun” the past meets the future. On the one hand, Japanese culture goes back thousands of years, absorbs and creates the latest trends.
Background
According to Countryaah, Japan is one of the eight largest industrial nations in the world (G8). Other countries in this group are: Germany, the USA, the UK, Canada, France, and Italy and Russia. China, Taiwan, South Korea, North Korea and Russia are in the vicinity of the Japanese Islands.
Society
Japan is a prime example of contrasts and opposites. Many Japanese companies are pioneers in their fields, but Japan seems to be constantly on the verge of ruin. Cities are modern and high-tech, but ancient wooden huts still survive here alongside designer apartments. In a modern skyscraper you can suddenly come across a wooden sliding door, behind which there is a traditional tea room with a tatami floor and calligraphy on the walls. These contrasts will ensure that your Japanese vacation will hardly be boring.
Security
Japan is one of the safest countries in the world. There is only a low crime rate and you can walk through the darkest streets at night without hesitation. You can travel alone and also use the trains in the evening. All of this also applies to women. The numerous natural phenomena in Japan represent
a higher security risk than a violent crime. Japan is marked by earthquakes, tsunamis, typhoons and also volcanoes. Nevertheless, the risk is relatively low, as the Japanese have adapted their buildings, rail transport and the like very well to this event, so that the Japanese see it as an everyday occurrence.
Highlight
Stay in a Ryokan – Ryokan are traditional Japanese inns and an overnight stay in one is the highlight of many trips to Japan. Since you should know a little about Japanese customs and etiquette when staying in a ryokan, many do not accept foreign guests (especially if they do not speak Japanese), while others are geared towards such guests. A night in a ryokan with dinner and breakfast costs ¥ 8,000 per person in the best case. There is no upper limit.
Kitchen
The Japanese cuisine has conquered the world. Today you can get sushi in places where you don’t expect it. But Japanese cuisine has a lot more to offer: there is a large selection of noodles (men), raamen, thin soba made from buckwheat and thick udon made from wheat – and a whole range of donburi (rice bowl) dishes and also Japan’s most popular dish, the Curry rice (karee raisu) tastes very Japanese. In addition, you should not miss the pleasure of Shabu-Shabu, a kind of fondue with broth, Nabe, in which the meat and vegetables are cooked in a broth, but this is also eaten, and also Okonomiyaki, which are delicious hearty pancakes to let.
Table manners
The Japanese eat all traditional dishes with chopsticks, the main exceptions being curry rice and fried rice, which are eaten with a spoon. The Japanese justify this with the fact that the rice with the sauce is too heavy to eat with chopsticks. Eating with chopsticks is surprisingly easy to learn, but you need a while before you really master it (a “training” before entry is therefore advisable). At least one taboo should be noted: chopsticks must never be stuck vertically in a rice bowl, as the rice is used as a meal for the deadis dedicated! In addition, something that is handed to you with chopsticks should not be taken with chopsticks, as this is also part of the funeral rite! Furthermore, the Japanese never pour soy sauce over the rice. Sushi, on the other hand, can be dipped in soy sauce.
Currency
Currency (sub-unit)
yen
ISO 4217 code
JPY / 392
Geography
Continent: Asia
Region: east
Geo coordinates: N 36 ° 12 ‘17.4 ” E 138 ° 15’ 10.5″
Highest mountain: Fujiyama (3,776 m)
Total area: 377,835 km²
Mainland: 374,744 km²
Coastline: 29,751 km
Politics
Dependency: independent since foundation
Formerly dependent states: Korea, Democratic People’s Republic until 1945
Korea, Republic until 1945
UN member since: 1956
Form of government: Constitutional monarchy
Economy
Export goods: Vehicles, steel goods, optics
BSP: $ 5,614,552,000,000
GDP: $ 5,512,761,000,000
GDP purchasing power parity: $ 4,398 billion
Economic growth: 2.9%
GDP share of agriculture: 1.6%
GDP share of industry: 25.3%
GDP share of services: 73.1%
Unemployment: 4.3%
State budget revenue: $ 4294967295
State budget expenditure: $ 4294967295
National debt: 154.2%
Export: $ 563.2 billion
Import: $ 516.4 billion
Foreign debt: $ 1,829,000,000,000
Gold and currency reserves: $ 986 billion
Electricity consumption: 973,000 million KWh
Gas reserves: 39,640 million m³
Gas production: 2,940 million m³
Gas consumption: 88,600 million m³
Oil reserves: 29 million m³
Oil production: 152,000 million m³
Oil consumption: 5,786,000 million m³
Cultivation area: 12.29%
Bovine: 4,659,000 pieces
Pigs: 9,569,000 pieces
Fishing: 5,790,000 t
Demographic data
Residents: 127,463,700
Residents in cities: 100,970,000
Average age: 42.9 years
0-14 years: 14.2%
15-64 years: 65.7%
> 65 years: 20.1%
Population growth: 0.02%
Birth rate: 9.37 / 1,000 residents
Death rate: 9.16 / 1,000 residents
Ratio men / women: 0.95
Fertility: 1.4 Children / woman
Infant mortality: 3.24 ‰
Life expectancy men: 77.96 years
Life expectancy women: 84.7 years
Country codes and abbreviations
ISO 3166 Alpha 2: JP
ISO 3166 Alpha 3: JPN
ISO 3166 numeric: 392
Top Level Domain: jp
IOC country code: JPN
UN / LOCODE: JP
Source: Abbreviationfinder
Communication
Telephone connections: 75,330,000
Cell Phones: 92,711,000
Radios: 124,100,000
TV: 106,450,000
Computer: 58,140,000
Internet users: 72,060,000
Transportation
Railway lines: 23,556 km
Paved roads: 935,860 km
of which expressways: 7,136 km
Cars: 67,259,000
Merchant fleet (ships over 1,000 GRT): 683
Pipelines: 2,949
Health
Number of doctors: 263,700
Daily food intake: 2,790 kcal / resident
HIV- infected people: 12,000
Education
History
Foundation: 660 BC Chr.
Last sovereign since: 660 BC Chr.
Religion
Main religious group: Buddhists
Crime
Prison inmates: 74,800
Military
Armed forces (troop strength): 240,000
Main battle tank: 1,100
Battleships: 48
Submarines: 16
Warplanes: 330
Helicopter: 40
Defense Spending: $ 44,794,800,000