Japanese Cultures

Japan is one of country in Asian Continental which has a many cultural. Japan has some different cultures from other countries in the world, so they make Japan to be a different country. In this essay will be explain about three special culture in Japan. That cultures is popular in Japan. That cultures is a clothes, food, and house. Japan has kimonos as a traditional clothes, sushi as a traditional food, and a traditional house which different arranged from house in other country.

Firstly, Kimono is Japanese traditional clothes. Kimonos are T-shaped and wrapped around the body with obi as a belt and zori as footwear. Kimonos are worn by women, men and children. Some women and men in Japan wear the kimono on a daily basis. Today, kimonos are most often worn by women, and on special occasions. Furisode is a style of kimono, wearing by unmarried women on special occasions. A woman's kimono has additional length to allow for the ohashori, the tuck that can be seen under the obi which is used to adjust the kimono to the individual wearerMen wear the kimono most often at weddings, tea ceremonies, and other very special or very formal occasions. Kimonos for men are available in various sizes and should fall approximately to the ankle without tucking.

Secondly, sushi is one of Japanese traditional foods. Shusi made from vinegar rice with other ingredients like fish in top. Sushi served rolled around nory. Nory is a dried sheets of seaweed. Sushi is commonly eaten with condiments. Sushi may be dipped in Shoyu, the Japanese sauce. The traditional form of sushi is fermented fish and rice, preserved with salt in a process that has been traced to Southeast Asia, where it remains popular today. The variety in sushi arises from the different fillings and toppings, condiments, and the way these ingredients are put together. The same ingredients may be assembled in a traditional or a contemporary way, creating a very different final result. The variety of susi is nigirizushi, oshizushi, chirashizushi, inarizushi, dan narezushi.

The Last is about traditional house in Japan. Traditional Japanese housing does not have a designated utility for each room aside from the entrance area kitchen, bathroom, and toilet. Any room can be a living room, dining room, study, or bedroom. This is possible because all the necessary furniture is portable and because the size of a room can be changed by altering the partitioning. For large gatherings, these partitions are removed to create one large meeting room. During a normal day, partitions can create much smaller and more manageable living spaces. Therefore, kitchen, bathroom, and toilet with one multipurpose living space create one complete Japanese housing unit. the minimum Japanese housing arrangement, which is still possible to find if one is looking for the cheapest room to rent, consists of just genkan and one living room/space.

From the text above, we can know about kimono as a traditional clothes of Japan, sushi as a traditional food of Japan, and about traditional house in Japan. That cultures very different from the other clothes, foods, and houses in other countries. That cultures made Japan to be a unique and special country. Until now, Japan still take care teir cultures and Japanese society is very love with their cultures.