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- Every year in Kyoto, Japan a funeral is given for broken dolls. A Buddhist priest chants the prayer for the dead, and the dolls are cremated.
- Some people in Japan hold funerals for everyday objects that have broken. These ceremonies, called "kuyo", honor the objects for their faithful service.
- If you're deathly afraid that your bodily functions will offend others, Japanese people would say you suffer from "taijin kyofusho".
- In the mid-sixteenth century (1500s A.D.), the ruler of Japan ordered all swords in the country to be collected and melted down. What happened next? The metal was then used to build a huge statue of Buddha! Things of violence were made into an idol of peace! How cool is that?!
- Corn is a popular pizza topping
in Japan.