Japan

Japan is one of my favourite countries. I have been fasinated by it for years. With its painted faces and towering skyscrapers meeting one another it is truely a modern country meeting with one of the oldest societys on earth. Japan experienced a great deal of change after world war 2. While it was destroyed to ruins it managed to reinvent its self to a world super power. The western world invested into the country and the made in japan logo was not uncommen in house holds. Like China today it struggled to become a respected country to the western world and whatever came out of there was considered cheap. In 1964 Tokyo hosted the olympics and showed its self to tthe world, just like Beijing has recently. Today Japan is one of the most advanced and most modern countries on earth, it boasts the worlds longest life expectancy and nearly every bit of modern world class technolgy is coming out of Japan. Tokyo with its neon lights, multi million dollar digital advertisment screens and its bullet trains makes any forigner feel like they are 20 years into the future. While Japan may boast all this culture is just as amazing. With its traditonal kimonos and ancient temples from the edo periode and beyond, and as the night comes geishas walk the streets of gion and brings the old world to life!