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Table of Contents Introduction 1 Geography 1 1 Tsunamis 1 2 Rivers in Japan 1 3 Allulvial Fans 1 4 Climate Zones 1 5 Typhoons 1 6 Practive Maps Questions 2 Agriculture 2 1 Agriculture Questions 2 2 Reading Assignment Farming Without Soil 3 Japanese History 3 1 The Yamato Period 3 2 Shinto 3 3 The Nara Period 3 4 Zen Buddhism 3 5 Japanese Gardens 3 6 Ancient Japan Questions 3 7 The Heian Period 3 8 Samurai 3 9 Tea Ceremony 3 10 Kamakura Period 3 11 Muromachi Period 3 12 Azuchi Momoyama 3 13 Edo Period 3 14 Feudal Japan Questions 3 15 Meiji Period 3 16 1st Sino Japanese War 3 17 Russo Japanese War 3 18 State Shinto 3 19 2nd Sino Japanese War 3 20 Japan WWII 3 21 Modern Japan Questions 3 22 Reading Assignment Survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 4 Japan s Economy 4 1 Manufacturing 4 2 Technology 5 Japanese Society 5 1 Honour Diligence Culture 5 2 Family 5 3 Beautiful Food 5 4 Kintsugi 4 8 10 12 13 14 18 20 24 32 28 36 36 38 42 44 46 48 52 54 55 56 57 58 59 50 64 65 65 66 67 68 70 74 82 84 85 86 88 90 92 94 6 Japanese Culture 7 Manga Anime 8 Kawaii 9 Fashion Subcultures 9 1 Japanese Economy Society and Culture Questions 10 South Korea 10 1 Korean History 10 2 Japanese Occupation 10 3 The Korean War 10 4 Post War Recovery 10 5 The Four Asian Tigers 11 South Korea s Economy 11 1 Automation 11 2 eSports 11 3 Online Streaming 12 Korean Culture 12 1 K Pop 12 2 Korean Confucianism 12 3 Dongeong 12 4 Taekwondo 12 5 Festivals 12 6 Korean Cuisine 12 7 Plastic Surgery 12 8 South Korea Questions 13 Project Assignment 96 98 100 101 102 106 108 110 111 112 113 114 116 118 119 120 121 122 124 126 127 128 130 132 136 The Great World Adventure 3

How to use this tool The Great World Adventure is a guide or tool intended to provoke interest based learning It is not an exhaustive study We suggest you add books and movies to expand on your understanding of each region but also delve deeper into topics you find interesting Please be prepared to spend between 8 and 12 weeks per module and take your time to get to know the people the culture the food the art and the history of each region You will also find flags of the countries covered in this study at the back of this book Cut them out laminate if you want to and use them to memorize the flags of each country You can A NOTE ON FILMS AND BOOKS also learn to name their capitals or other information you would Please use your discretion We each like to remember have different levels of tolerance where violence and or sexuality is concerned We suggest that you read through the your book and watch and our children are of different ages the suggested YouTube clips we have linked through QR codes Please take care to select what will be appropriate for your family s values We would also like to suggest that you subscribe to the Premium Edition of YouTube while working on this book so that you do not have to watch ads Learning the names of rivers mountains and water bodies are important only in the context of understanding their significance and what impact they have on the people and history The geographic maps in this portfolio can be copied for practice In highly detailed maps we suggest you number and re number what you are trying to memorize with each copy you make Advanced Assignment Optional Design an exciting 10 day cultural tour of Japan or South Korea for your family Develop a proposed itinerary and a presentation to convince them to take the trip you have planned for them research facts about the destination schedule an itinerary of activities mark the location of each place on a map calculate costs for this tour and submit a budget 4 Understanding Japan South Korea

Going above and beyond Research traditional meals and ingredients from one of the countries you have learned about and use the meal as an opportunity to present your research assignment to your family and friends Invite a family or person from Japan or South Korea to join in your feast and learn from them about their country and their culture Beautiful cookbooks we have found Japan The Cookbook Nancy Singleton Hachisu 978 0714874746 Let s Make Ramen Hugh Amano 978 0399581991 Mastering the Art of Japanese Home Cooking Masaharu Morimoto 978 0062344380 Japanese Cooking A Simple Art Shizuo Tsuji 978 1568363882 The Ultimate Japanese Cookbook Slavka Bodic 979 8598236529 Japanese Home Cooking Sonoko Sakai 978 1611806168 Korean Food Made Simple Judy Joo 978 0544663305 Seoul Food Korean Cookbook Naomi Imatome Hun 978 1623156510 Korean Home Cooking Sohui Kim 978 1419732409 Maangchi s Real Korean Cooking Maangchi 978 0544129894 The Korean Kitchen Korean Food Foundation 978 1565914599 The Great World Adventure 5

Geography Now Japan Empress Masako 6 Understanding Japan South Korea

Why Japan in so awesome Japan Tourism The Great World Adventure 7

Japan s Geographic Challenge 8 Understanding Japan South Korea

World Building Japan Tectonics The Great World Adventure 9

National Geogarphic Tsunamis 10 Understanding Japan South Korea

NOAA Tsunami Animation Why the Indian Ocean Tsunami Was So Deadly The Great World Adventure 11

Unusual kitchen Helpers Wild Japan 12 Understanding Japan South Korea

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Humid Subtropical Climate 14 Understanding Japan South Korea Hanami Cherry Blossom Festival

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Continental Climate 16 Understanding Japan South Korea

Hot Springs for Snow Monkeys in Hell Valley The Great World Adventure 17

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Engines of Destruction The Science of Hurricans Why Hurricans Hardly EverHit Europe The Great World Adventure 19

1 6 Practice Map Japanese Geography Make a few copies of the map of Japan and practice the following 20 Understanding Japan South Korea

1 6 1 Add names of the main islands 1 6 2 Add locations of key cities a Tokyo b Kyoto c Osaka d Yokohama e Fukuoka f Hiroshima g Nagasaki h Akkita i Sapporo j Kobe 1 6 3 Add the names of seas and oceans around Japan 1 6 4 Indicate the location of Mount Fuji 1 6 5 Indicate the fault lines of the three tectonic plates that converge around Japan 1 6 6 a b c d e f g Draw the following important rivers in Japan Shinano River Tone River Ishikari River Teshio River Kitakami River Kiso River Tenryu River 1 6 7 Colour the humid subtropical and humid continental climate zones The Great World Adventure 21

1 6 8 Name the four islands that make up Japan FILM DOCUMENTARY The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom 2011 BOOKS Japan Highlights of a Fascinating Country Manaco Books 978 3955049379 1 6 9 What does it mean when we say a country is homogenous My Awesome Japan Adventure Rebecca Otowa 978 4805312162 Tsunami Kimiko Kajikawa 978 0399250064 Japanese Children s Favorite Stories Florence Sakade 978 4805312605 1 6 10 What is Japan s capital 1 6 11 Why is Japan so mountainous 1 6 12 What does it mean that Japan as reclaimed land 1 6 13 How are artificial islands created 22 Understanding Japan South Korea

1 6 14 What are tsunamis 1 6 15 Why do tsunamis occur around Japan 1 6 16 What are alluvial fans and why do they form 1 6 17 What are the distinguishing characteristics of a Humid Subtropical climate 1 6 18 What are the distinguishing characteristics of a Humid Continental climate The Great World Adventure 23

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Farming on Steep Slopes in Shikoku Japan The Great World Adventure 25

Why Wagyu Beef Is So Expensive 26 Understanding Japan South Korea

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Extensive livestock farming is how humans traditionally produced food Animals native to the territory where they are farmed would be kept in a free range environent to graze Because these breeds weren t necessarily selected or bred to produce a lot of milk or meat the animals aren t as profitable as those raised in intensive settings However they do have a natural resistence to local diseases and would require less veterinarian intervention As a system extensive agriculture relies heavily on the natural environment such as fertile soil or rainfall which means it requires less capital human labour or investment in large machinery 28 Understanding Japan South Korea

Intensive livestock farming developed to make farming more productive allowing greater volumes of food to be produced in a smaller space Animals are selected for their production capability and are typically kept captive to maximize the use of space and better control their feeding Because intensive agriculture must house feed and transport large amounts of animals the labour infrastructure and machinery required to operate are much more than extensive farming However since these operations can make optimal use of the materials and machines it invests into it produces significantly greater yields than extensive agriculture The increased productivity of intensive agriculture enables farmers to use a relatively smaller land area especially in countries like Japan with limited land space Intensive Farming Practice in Japan Noal Farm Vertical Farming The Great World Adventure 29

DOCUMENTARIES Tsukiji Wonderland 2016 At the Edge of the World 2009

Oyster Farming Why is Japan killing whales Japanology Plus Tsukiji Market

2 1 Agriculture Questions 2 1 1 What does land area per capita mean 2 1 2 What is the land area per capita for your own country 2 1 3 What is Japan s greatest challenge with regards to land utilization 2 1 4 How has Japan overcome challenges due to their limited land capacity 2 1 5 What is the most important crop produced in Japan 2 1 6 Explain the difference between extensive and intensive agriculture in your own words 32 Understanding Japan South Korea

2 1 7 What are the challenges of extensive agriculture 2 1 8 What are the challenges of intensive agriculture 2 1 9 Why are fisheries such an important part of Japanese food production 2 1 10 Why do you think Japan still participates in whaling 2 1 11 How do you think the rest of the world feels about Japan s whaling industry and why 2 1 12 What is aquaculture and how is it of use for the Japanese people The Great World Adventure 33

2 2 Reading Assignment Farming Without Soil FARMING WITHOUT SOIL NEW JAPANESE TECH MAKES GROWING FRUIT AND VEGETABLES POSSIBLE IN ANY ENVIRONMENT Japanese experts make a breakthrough in farming technology using polymer film to grow food Melinda Joe Published 12 00pm 16 May 2017 In a tiny room inside the Mebiol Research and Development Center a little over an hour outside of Tokyo baby Cos lettuce leaves are growing in a tray under magenta coloured lights On another shelf a miniature garden of microgreens is blooming across the surface of a salad dish The seedlings have been cultivated without soil atop a thin transparent polymer film Can you see the roots asks Hiroshi Yoshioka Mebiol s vice president lifting the edge of the plant covered film to reveal a tangle of fine pale filaments He pulls the sheet off the plate and holds it in front of him like a leafy green carpet The polymer film is the key to a cutting edge farming method that makes it possible to grow fruits and vegetables on practically any flat exterior Made of hydrogel a super absorbent material typically used in household products such as disposable diapers the film works by soaking up water and nutrients through a multitude of nano sized pores measuring one millionth of a millimetre in diameter Plants grow on top of the film but instead of digging into the ground the roots spread across the surface of the membrane in wispy fan like formations Because the polymer film holds on to water molecules the plants on top have to work hard to absorb water and nutrients Film farming is the brainchild of Yuichi Mori the chemical physicist who founded Mebiol in 1995 In many ways plants are more remarkable than humans he observes pointing out that they sustain life on earth by providing a source of food for animals and removing excess CO2 from the air I was always thinking of how to maximise the power of plants The idea of applying polymer technology to agricul34 Understanding Japan South Korea ture that came to him as he was building an artificial kidney nearly 20 years ago He wondered if the same mechanisms used to construct synthetic blood vessels and membrane filters could be used as a growth medium for vegetables Plants can solve many of society s problems from lifestyle diseases to environmental issues he explains I envisioned a world where we could take plants everywhere He began by growing a small patch of grass on hydrogel film under LED lights After more than a decade of experimentation Mori and his colleagues developed a soil free farming system that could be used to cultivate crops in greenhouses on a large scale According to a 2015 study by the University of Sheffield s Grantham Centre the planet has lost a third of its arable land due to pollution and erosion in the past 40 years The combined effects of over cultivation and heavy fertiliser use have depleted soil at a rate that far outpaces the earth s natural ability to recover Climate change and extreme weather events have accelerated

erosion exacerbating the situation The dramatic loss of fertile land comes at a time when the demand for food is rising by 2050 food production will need to increase by 50 per cent to feed the world s projected population of 9 billion Water shortages pose further risks to food security The availability of fresh water has plummeted along with the decline in soil shrinking by nearly two thirds over the past four decades in regions such as the Near East and Africa Film farming can help by offering an alternative to resource intensive agriculture The Mebiol system uses 90 per cent less water than conventional farming The polymer membrane s microscopic pores also block bacteria and viruses eliminating the need for harmful pesticides Since soil is not necessary sustainable farms can be established virtually anywhere in the desert on city rooftops and even on top of contaminated land The method is being used in 150 locations around Japan and one in China as well as on a farm in the middle of the desert in the United Arab Emirates Mebiol plans to export its technology to Europe and other countries in the Middle East later this year Initially farmers were sceptical but the method is catching on among younger producers such as Ayaka Miura the president of Drop Farm which grows boutique tomatoes in Ibaraki Prefecture Because the polymer film holds on to water molecules the plants on top have to work hard to absorb water and nutrients The stress causes them to develop higher levels of sugars amino acids and phytochemicals In much the same way that growing wine grapes in poor soil produces concentrated fruit Drop Farm grows boutique tomatoes in Ibaraki Prefecture using polymer film farming technique In Japan the products are mainly sold at high end department stores but film farmed tomatoes have also started showing up on menus at restaurants such as Tokyo s Celeb de Tomato while upscale eateries like Dubai s Le Petit Mai son will begin using the ingredients in spring When I meet Mori on an unseasonably warm day he offers me a bowl of cherry tomatoes grown on Mebiol s test farm Biting into the bright red fruit I feel as though I m tasting in surround sound the flavours vibrate with treble notes of sweetness and base chords of mouth filling umami Mori gives me a knowing look He has seen the future of farming and the future is sweet Questions to discuss 1 What is this article about 2 Why is farming without soil particularly important for Japan 3 What is food security 4 What is one of the world s largest threat s with regards to food security 5 Name one advantage of farming vegetables hydroponically that traditional farming cannot offer 6 Can you think of any disadvantages or threats with regards to this type of farming that traditional farming methods does not have Next Gen Farming Without Soil and 90 Less Water GRATEFUL Why the Future of Farming is in Cities The Big Money in Vertical Farming How This Indoor Vertical Farm Makes Perfect Japanese Strawberries Vendors The Great World Adventure 35

Who Were the First Japanese How Japan s Imperial Family Rose to Power Classes ranks and Titldes of Feudal Japan 36 Understanding Japan South Korea

The Shogunate History of Japan What Life Was Like as a Samurai in Feudal Japan Life of Early Japanese Peasants The Great World Adventure 37

What is Shinto 38 Understanding Japan South Korea

What is the Ancient Japanese Religion Shinto The Great World Adventure 39

How to pray to kami 40 Understanding Japan South Korea

The Seven Dimensions of Shintoism Taiko Japanology Festivals Japanology The Great World Adventure 41

The Nara Period How Japan s Emperors Convined People They Were Gods 42 Understanding Japan South Korea Early Japan Religion Buddhism Shinto Abe no Nakamoro

How an indian Monk Changed Japan Forever The Great World Adventure 43

How Buddhism Came to Japan How Did Buddhism Take Hold In Japan Matsuo Basho 44 Understanding Japan South Korea

Zen Buddhism in 3 Minutes The Great World Adventure 45

Japanese Gardens Japanology 46 Understanding Japan South Korea

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3 6 Ancient Japan Questions 3 6 1 In what ways did ancient Japan relate to China 3 6 2 Who were the Yamato BOOKS Step Into Ancient Japan Fiona Macdonald 978 1844765553 The Cat Who Went to Heaven Elizabeth Coatsworth 978 1416949732 A Thousands Steps Into Night Traci Chee 978 0358469988 3 6 3 What was the role of the Emperor in ancient Japan 3 6 7 Draw a pyarmid and indicate the social classes of ancient Japan 48 Understanding Japan South Korea Spirit s Chosen Esther Frisner 978 0375873164 Sisters of the Sword Maya Snow 978 0061243899

3 6 8 In what ways are Shinto different from other religions 3 6 9 In what ways are Shinto similar to other religions 3 6 10 How would you describe or explain what kami are 3 6 11 Why is Shinto so closely linked to Japan 3 6 12 What is it that the Shinto faith asks of its followers The Great World Adventure 49

3 6 13 What is the purpose of a Torii 3 6 14 What duties do Shinto priests perform 3 6 15 What role does water play in Shinto 3 6 16 What are Matsuri 3 6 17 Why was the Japanese emperor considered divine 50 Understanding Japan South Korea