Japanese

• 1. The currencyThe Japanese Yen () is the currency used in Japan. It is thethird most valued currency inthe foreign exchange market afterthe U.S. dollar and euro.1 is also used as a reservecurrency alongside the dollar, euro and sterling. As is commonin Japanese numbering, large quantities of yen are countedin multiples of 10000 (man, ) in the same way as inWesterncountries is counted by thousands.

2. FOODThe cuisine of Japan as a nationalcuisine has evolved throughthe centuries, because of many politicaland social changes, starting with ancienttimes, where most of the cookingwasinfluenced by Chinese culture. Finally,the kitchen has changed with theadvent of the Middle Ages marked thebeginning of an abandonment ofelitism with the regulations of theshogunate. At the beginning of themodern major changes took place inJapan introducedWestern culture. 3. TSUNAMIThe earthquake and tsunami in Japan in 2011, officially called by the JapanMeteorological Agency as the earthquake in thePacific coast of Tohoku region,2011 ( Chih Thoku Jishin6 Taiheiyo-oki?) OrGreat earthquake eastern Japan, was a magnitude 9.0 earthquake thatcreated MW1tsunami waves up to 40.5 metros. The earthquake occurredat14:46:23 local time (5:46:23 UTC) on Friday 11 in March 2011.Theearthquakes epicenter was located in the sea off the coast of Honshu,130 km east of Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.At first we calculated themagnitude at 7.9 degrees MW, which was later increased to8.8, then 8.9 degrees by the Geological Survey (USGS) . Finally MW to9.0 degrees confirmed by theJapan Meteorological Agency and the GeologicalSurvey of the United States.9 the earthquake lasted about 6 minutesdepending expertos.The U.S. Geological Survey said theearthquakeoccurred due to a shift in the area near the interfacebetween plate subduction between the Pacific Plate and the North Americanplate. In the latitude of this earthquake occurred, the Pacificplate moves westward over the North American plateat a speed of 83 mm /year. The Pacific plate beneath Japangets in the pit of Japan,and westward sinks below Asia. 4. Mount Fuji, with 3776 meters ofMONTE FUJI altitude, is the highest peak on the island of Honshu and Japan. It is located between Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures in central Japan just west of Tokyo, from where you can see on a clear day. The Fuji is a composite volcano and is the symbol of Japan. Considered sacred since ancient times, they were forbidden to women reach the top until the Meiji Era (late nineteenth century). He is currently a popular tourist destination and a popular destination for climbing. The season "official" mountain climbing lasts from early July to late August. A majority of that