China and Japan are always thought of of being the exact same. The people who think that are the ones that do not even live in the same continent as China and Japan! Though, it does feel like they would be the same since they both prospered during the same time and had similar cultural ties. While, yes, they both have a lot of similar aspects, both of them have enormous distinct and different features about themselves. China and Japan both had traditions and culture ties with Buddhism and had similar ideas about patriarchy with their social hierarchies, but had highly different approaches when it came to farming and trading. Looking a map of China, they have land all around them; looking at a map of Japan, they did not have anyone bordering
