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Japan is made up of several islands that lies off the coast of Asia.People came to live in Japan from nearby countries, such as China and Korea.From these older countries, Japanese borrowed ideas, inventions and habits.
For many years, Japanese built buildings like in China.They dressed like Chinese.From China came their way of writing and their habit of drinking tea.
In more recent time, Japanese have borrowed from the United States.They have a government like ours.They do much work in science, as we do.Baseball is a favourite sport in Japan, just like it is here.
Things change when they came to Japan.Japanese improve on almost everything they borrowed.
The art of garden making came from Korea and China, but Japanese gardens are special.Each garden has a waterfall, a pool and small bridges.There are few flowers in Japanese gardens.But the gardens are green during all seasons for there are many ever greens there.Japanese gardens have a different kind of beauty.
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