Trip To Japan

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

TRIP TO JAPAN (J8x32) 3C (4C set) Ingrid Kendall Chicago 10th Anniversary Collection

1- 8 1s lead down and back, remaining in centre facing up
9-16 1s cast behind 2s, meet, dance down between 3s, cast up and cross to face 1st corners (2s step up 9-10)
17-24 1s set to 1st corner, turn 2H, set to 2nd corner, turn 2H to end on sides between corners
25-32 1s cross RH, 2s+1s+3s dance RH across once round to Left

(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)

Dance Information

Japan (Japanese names for Japan are Nippon and Nihon) is an island country located in East Asia. It is bordered by the Sea of Japan to the west and the Pacific Ocean to the east, and spans more than 3,000 kilometres (1,900 mi) along the coast of the continent from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Philippine Sea in the south.

Part of the Pacific Ring of Fire, Japan encompasses a stratovolcanic archipelago of about 6,852 islands, with five main islands (Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku, and Okinawa) comprising 97% of the country's total area of 377,975 square kilometres (145,937 sq mi).

Japan is officially divided into 47 prefectures and traditionally into eight regions. Approximately two-thirds of the country's terrain is mountainous and heavily forested, and less than one-eighth of land is suitable for agriculture. Consequently, Japan is among the most densely populated and urbanized countries in the world, with over 90% of its population living in urban areas. The largest of these is the metropolitan area centered on the capital city of Tokyo, which is the most populous in the world and home to more than 38 million people. Japan itself is the world's eleventh most populous country with a population of 126.2 million, of which 97.8% are ethnically Japanese.

Japan - Information Video

Mt. Fuji With A Shinkansen And Sakura Blossoms

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