5 Interesting Facts About Japan!

Japan is sure an interesting country. After closing the doors for other countries over 250 years, they built an unique culture by themselfs. Some are very regular things for other countries but sometimes it becomes very interestingfor other cultures.

Japan consist of over 6800 islands.

Because of the tectonic movements near japan, sometimes new islands appear and sometimes some islands sink deeps. The island number is changing always cuz of this and most of the islands, there is nobody living on them.

The worlds oldest company was in japan.

According to Family Business Magasine, the oldest company of the world is Japan's construction company, Kongou Gumi. First built in 578 and kept working around 40 generations.

Japan's trains are worlds most punctual trains.

Japan is also known for its duty focused culture. Therefore when it comes to trains they are at most 18 seconds seperate from being punctual. Also if there is an accident occured and train stopped somehow, they give excuse papers one by one to you to give your companies or schools to explain why you were late.

There are more pets than childrens in Japan.

Because of living is so expensive in Japan young couples tend not to have children instead they take pets to grow. Also the marriage rate is dropping down year by year, its not a suprise we have that ratio among japanese society.

There are some Cat cafes where you can drink and eat with them.

Cat has a very special place in Japan and also seen in some myths. Because of japanese people tend not to communicate with others, they fulfil their social sides by pets. Therefore there are some cat cafes where you can pet cats while you eat and drink.