JAPAN - some interesting facts

[LONDONER]

Here are fifty facts about Japan, and you probably didn't know all of them.

http://www.insidermonkey.com/blog/50-cra...nglepage=1

[East]

I only knew a few...I spent a couple years there and I loved Japan...

The ones I knew:

11. The most popular pizza topping is squid

20. In Japan, flower arranging is a form of art

31. Rice is eaten in every meal in Japan

35. Japanese Haiku poetry, which consists only of three lines, is the shortest in the world

45. The average delay of a Japanese train is just 18 seconds

46. Japan consists of over 6,800 islands

What I didn't know was this:

48. Japan has only 2 gun-related homicides a year
Very impressive!

[East]

I just remembered...at one time Japan had the lowest incidence of rape in the world....

I don't know if that is still the case but once when I was there I was telling off the Mormoms who were walking around trying to "convert" the Japanese by pointing out that religion and the shame of sex is WHY there are so many rapes in Christian nations....and that they should leave them alone....

They didn't even thank me **sigh**

[Virge]

I had to look up the oldest company to make sure it wasn't BS... It's true!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kongō_Gumi

[Rareboy]

41. 98% of all adoptions are of male men

As opposed to Mailmen? Or ???????????

[LONDONER]

Do you mean male men or male babies?

[MakeDigitalLove]

I knew about the Cat Cafes because I saw it on a TV show before. And it added to the list of why I want to go to Japan someday.

[ShiftyNJ]

10. There are lactation bars where you can get fresh human breast milk: a shot, or straight from the nipple even

[spilovn]

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hachik%C5%8D

[palbert]

Oh, well, live and learn