Japan - a country made up of islands. The closest to Asia - Kyushu before him 200 kilometers. In ancient times, there can only be reached by boat. Since it's the people began settling the islands of Mongoloid origin. People settled in small groups, mostly along the coast and along the rivers. Lived in very simple dwellings; even the rulers lived in thatched houses, where the pillars and beams fastened with ropes of vines. The main food was rice, from which were able to produce and vodka - sake. Japanese knew spinning and weaving, mulberry cultivated for razvedeniyaSamy big island of Japan - Honshu. Since the beginning of our era, he gradually settled by natives of Korea, and then China. They love the mild climate of the plains, the abundance of flowers and trees, soil fertility. They brought with them new skills, tools, crops, decorations, writing. Gradually more and less ancient settlers on the island were mixed into a single nation.