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=__Japan (page 4)__=

This page contains extra information about Japan including music, videos, and pictures regarding traditions, foods, and arts.

=**Japanese Music!**=

=Japanese Traditions!= 1) Tea Ceremonies The tea ceremony (Sado) is a ritual way of preparing and drinking [|tea]. The custom has been strongly influenced by [|Zen Buddhism]. 2) Gardens Garden design has been an important Japanese [|art] for many centuries. Traditional Japanese landscape gardens can be broadly categorized into three types, Tsukiyama Gardens (hill gardens), Karesansui Gardens (dry gardens) and Chaniwa Gardens (tea gardens) 3) Festivals There are countless local festivals (matsuri) in Japan because almost every [|shrine] celebrates its own one. Most festivals are held annually and celebrate the shrine's deity or a seasonal or historical event. Some festival are held over several days.
 * 1. || [[image:http://www.walmart.com/i/swap/listen_icon_2.gif link="mms://music.walmart.com/g2demand/007/43/03/71/86/12/0074303718612.01.01.001.asf"]] || Yamaji - Yamato Ensemble ||
 * 2. || [[image:http://www.walmart.com/i/swap/listen_icon_2.gif link="mms://music.walmart.com/g2demand/007/43/03/71/86/12/0074303718612.01.01.002.asf"]] || Kabuki Gomen-Jyo! - Wadaiko Matsuriza ||
 * 3. || [[image:http://www.walmart.com/i/swap/listen_icon_2.gif link="mms://music.walmart.com/g2demand/007/43/03/71/86/12/0074303718612.01.01.003.asf"]] || Komoro Bushi - Clive Bell ||

=Japanese Recipes!= Gyoza is originally a Chinese dish, which has become very popular across Japan. This recipe shows how to make the gyoza dough and the gyoza filling. The time consuming and difficult part of making of the dough can be skipped by buying premade dough pieces, which are available at some Japanese and Chinese grocery stores. [|pic]
 * 1)** **Gyoza - Japanese style dumplins**

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