Japan

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Akinori Nakashima
Born: Kagoshima

Akinori describes his community:

While other Japanese cities are moving towards aging society coupled with declining birth rate, my hometown is still doing well. It is located between the airport and the city of Kagoshima prefecture. Most people move to my hometown because of its good geographic conditions. People consider my town as a place with a warm atmosphere because people are very warm loving and very polite.  Looking at the infrastructure, houses are mainly build without wood, some reinforced concrete, and some are prefabricated construction.

Kagoshima is a very quiet and peaceful place with beautiful landmarks. It has community centers and community halls where you will find most young people practice the Japanese traditional drums called “Taiko”. During the month of June the whole community will gather together for our Japanese June festival where people do the drum performance and dance down the streets. During this time the whole community celebrates with joy and unity.

Young people involve themselves mostly in activities that are going on within their schools. Then during the weekend they either go to shopping malls and shop until they drop, movie theaters, and train stations to hang out, coffee shops, the beach, and also spend much time at the city library.

For more information on my city, visit: www.oxalis-adventures.com/japan and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kagoshima

About Japan

Government: Constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary government
Chief of State: Emperor Akihito
Geography: Eastern Asia, Island chain between the North Ocean and the Sea of Japan east of the Korean Peninsula
Population: 127,463,611
Capital city: Tokyo
Official language: Japanese

For more information on Japan, visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/japan, www.gng.org and www.amphi.com

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