Expedition Earth- Japan

We finished Japan last week.  I'm a bit behind in posting but will get caught up soon!


This is what we did for Japan:

*Located Japan on the map and found the capital city
*Mapping worksheet
*Flag worksheet
*Learned about Zen gardens and created our own tabletop Zen garden
*Learned about the Children's Festival (boy's festival) and The Doll's festival (girl's festival)
* Made a Samurai Warrior doll and a Japanese Lady doll
*Watched Discovering Asia- Japan DVD
*Learned some origami
*Had Yakitori and Japanese sponge cake for dinner
*Read several stories about Japan and read Flat Stanley's World Adventures- The Ninja Surprise.

Our Zen garden.  I purchased everything at the Dollar Tree for a total of $3.  We made a little rake out of cardboard but it didn't work too well.  When we were at the dollar store again today we found a Zen garden kit complete with rake for only $1! 

Samurai Warrior doll for The Children's festival.

Our Origami duck.  Construction paper isn't the best paper to use for origami!!

This is what the origami ducks were supposed to be like.  Ours were close :)

Yakitori- Skewered grilled chicken with a sweet sauce and green onions.  This isn't my picture.  I forgot to take a picture of ours and we ate it before I realized I was supposed to take a picture!

Japanese sponge cake made with eggs, sugar, honey and flour.  Very simple and yummy!

Japanese Sake (rice wine as it is sometimes referred to in the states).  It tasted like a cross between wine and vodka.  It was used in the sauce of the yakitori.

Finally we made a Kimono pin for our souvenir suitcase!