Japanese Culture

This week we are reading a story called How My Parents Learned to Eat. This story is all about an American sailor who married a young Japanese girl. Now here are a few things we have noticed:

1. They seem to always sit on the floor.
2. They sleep on the floor.
3. They eat with chopsticks all the time!
4. They also eat sukiyaki and tofu.
5. They drink their soup instead of eating it.
6. They wear kimonos.

Now these are a few things we just discovered through our reading and the pictures. Here is our question for you.....WHY? Why do they always sit on the floor? Why do they sleep on the floor? Why do they drink their soup instead of eating it? We are just very curious as to WHY!!!!??? We hope that you have some cool culture facts to share with us all about the Japanese culture!

 

Sukiyaki

Tofu