Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Information about Japan?

Question:


I'm writing a story in which 95% takes place in Japan. I need to know the basic life of a Japanese 13-14 year old female with rich parents.
Info needed:
- School and how it works (vacation times, length, sports, arts, seating, etc.)
- Lifestyle
- Food names and what it is
- How female soccer leagues work in Japan (ages, tournaments,etc.)
- How rich families, with companies work.
- Honorifics, (-san, -sama, -kun, -chan, and how they are used)
- Anything else that may be help full
The character, is adopted into a rich Japanese family, joins a soccer league, goes to school, starts a sort of romance- love triangle- kind of thing.

Answer:


>How female soccer leagues work in Japan (ages, tournaments,etc.)

Women's soccer league in Japan was not known so much until their team won women's World Cup this summer. But now, many people are interested in it.

This is women's soccer league in Japan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._League

In fact, most of them were not even "professionals" until then, meaning that they did not receive any salary. But after WC, more and more sponsors are coming in. And some of them had a pro contract. Now it's changing.

- School and how it works (vacation times, length, sports, arts, seating, etc.)
- Lifestyle

I can't say all Japanese life in one answer. But mostly rich families send their kids to private schools, not public schools. So she must be going to a private junior high school.

As I said, women's soccer is not so common in Japan. So most schools do not have girl's soccer clubs.

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