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Jan 17, 2008 - Feb 26, 2008
Dave and Christy traveled through Japan
Blogs from Japan
Extras from Japan
Schools and Organizations Dave and Christy have visited:
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Japanese Fun Facts
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There are approximately 317,000 to 7,585,237 Deaf people in Japan.
- Over 35 million people live in Greater Tokyo, the world’s most populated metro area.
- Two Japanese car brands were named after rice, Toyota and Honda.
- Japan has 800,000 industrial robots, the highest density in the world.
- The Seikan tunnel is 33.5 miles long and the longest railroad tunnel in the world.
- There are 5 million vending machines in Japan, one for every 25 people.
- One of the fastest roller coasters in the world is in Fujikyu and goes 107 MPH.
- Japan is made up of over 6000 islands.
- In Japan, squid and corn are popular toppings for pizza.
- The red dot on Japan's flag stands for the sun.
- Karate was developed in Okinawa when Chinese conquerors prohibited weapons.
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