Hello everyone. I’m Yoko. I’m from Tokyo, the capital city of Japan. 
The customs of my country are somewhat different from those of the countries of the West. 
For example, we bow to greet someone and we don’t like standing too close to each other. 
If you say ‘Ohayo gozaimasu’ to someone, you mean ‘Good morning’, and we young people often say ‘Genki?’ which means ‘Are you well?’. 
Body language is very important, too. If you shake your hand from side to side, 
you mean ‘no’ and pointing to your nose means ‘me’. You all know traditional Japanese dishes such as sushi, tempura and noodles and you probably know that we use chopsticks to eat our meals. 
We eat sitting on mats on the floor, therefore, our floors have to be very clean. 
To keep them clean, we always take off our shoes and change into special slippers when we enter the house. 
Sports that are very popular in Japan include judo, kendo, karate and sumo wrestling, our national sport, which has a history of more than 1,000 years! 
Young people also enjoy baseball, football, volleyball and tennis. Finally, two forms of traditional Japanese theatre, Noh and Kabuki, continue to thrive in my country today.