The country Japan is off the east coast of main land Asia neighboring the Pacific Ocean. It is also known as “the land of the rising sun” or simply “Nippon.” It has very mountainous terrain and Archipelago Island, offers lush forest, hot springs and active volcanoes, and the most notable Mountain is Mount Fuji.
Many small kingdoms came to together to united around the capital Nara; around the 4th and 8th centuries. Around this period, agriculture improved dramatically and adopted new ideas from China. One of the ideas adopted from China was, Pictographic writing, called Kanji and which, later came Hiragana and Katakana. They also adopted architecture, Confuciusm and Buddhism.
Even though Buddhism became Japan’s state religion in 594.
Many small kingdoms came to together to united around the capital Nara; around the 4th and 8th centuries. Around this period, agriculture improved dramatically and adopted new ideas from China. One of the ideas adopted from China was, Pictographic writing, called Kanji and which, later came Hiragana and Katakana. They also adopted architecture, Confuciusm and Buddhism.
Even though Buddhism became Japan’s state religion in 594.