Sponsored by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, this comprehensive site explains traditional Japanese arts, crafts, and culture in a way that's very friendly to younger students. Traditional arts covered include drumming, the tea ceremony, pottery, folk legends, Noh, kendo, samisen (shamisen), and Kabuki. Loaded with nice hands-on activities. The entire Kids Web Japan site is available in eight languages, including English. Go to the homepage to access different versions.

Concepts

japanese art, japanese culture, culture

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Additional Tags

culture corner, japanese crafts, japanese heritage, japanese legends, daily life in japan, culture of japan

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)