Culture and traditions of Japan
Recently, there is growing interest in Asian culture and traditions. This is not surprising: the West, with its developed over the centuries 'European' mentality and antique-Christian roots always wanted to know and understand the mysterious and so different from her other cultures and ethnicities. Particularly attracted Europeans distinctive, mysterious and unique land of the rising sun, Japan.
The Japanese themselves call their country Nippon, which means "the beginning of the Sun." According to Japanese mythology, their ancestor was the Sun Goddess Amaterasu - hence the name. In the West, another word has spread - Japan, from reading the Chinese characters "beginning of the Sun." Europeans first learned of the existence of this distant land of Marco Polo after his trip to China at the end of the thirteenth century.
Japanese culture is a huge reservoir of traditions, customs and practices inherent in this wonderful country. It is striking in its depth and originality. We will focus only on some of them.