Week5.Jamaica.Japan.UnitedStates

In the past five weeks I have traveled to Jamaica and Japan. Let me tell you, the two places were amazing! Both places are really pretty but they are both very different from eachother and the United States. Starting with their cultures, Jamaica's culture is very much based on lots of different kinds of music and dancing! I enjoyed watching some of their dancing and listening to their music while I was there. And Japan's culture is mostly Japanese festivals and ceremonies. A festival that the have in Japan is White Day. This day is the Japanese version of Valentine's Day that is celebrated on March 14th, one month after Valentine's Day. A Japenese ceremony that I actually got to see while I was there is called Genpuku. It is a Japanese Coming of Age ceremony in which a teenager legally becomes an adult. That was really interesting to see. Because there is so many different races of people living in the United States there is so many different cultures. Americans and Jamaicans have mostly the same language because most of Jamaica speaks English. And Japanese people speak, well, Japenese. They all have very different kinds of food. Well the United states has Japanese foods but they are still kind of different in a way. I had a great time tasting all the different kinds of foods when I visited these places. Well, I had a great time in Jamaica and Japan and I would travel to both of these places again because it was just so great to expierience their different lifestyles and to visit some of the museums, beaches, ceremonies, festivals, and resturaunts.   

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Jamaica- http://www.katiesmothers.blogspot.com/

Japan- http://japan-101.com/culture/

United States- http://www.everyculture.com/To-Z/United-States-of-America.html

Picture- http://www.wayfaring.info/category/countries/jamaica/