Culture

Arts and Literature

Some various forms of arts are the flower arranging, pottery and ceramics, Japanese paintings, calligraphy, Japanese paper, bamboo, Japanese drama, puppet plays and traditional music.

Waka (Japanese poems)

Poetry is the oldest form of literature in Japan as it is regarded the most sublime form of recording human feelings.
Other forms of literature are Kanshi (Chinese poems), Renga (Link Verses), Haiku (shortest form of poetry), diaries, essays, Waka in Modern language and popular fiction.

Cuisine and diet

Since ancient times, these food have been the mainstray of the Japanese diet. They are rice, raw fish such as sashimi, noodles, soybean paste and soy sauce.

Below is what a typical Japanese meal will consist of:

Breakfast
Traditional breakfast required cooking rice, making miso soup, grilling dried fish and slicking pickled vegetables.

Lunch

Bento is the most common for eating away from home.

Dinner
Traditional concept of a dinner is a meal made up staple food and accompanying dishes.

Religion and spirituality

The spirit of Zen Buddhism is present in contemporary Japan. Other religious forms of spirituality are the shrines, Good Luck Charms, The Red- Bibbed Deity and The Samurai Code.


Household religion
Every family has an ancestral altar in the house where they offer prayer at the altar everyday.

Rituals for the dead
A funeral is rite for sending the deceased to the other world.