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Main article: Culture of Japan
 
Traditional Japanese garden in Kyoto.
A geisha serves a businessman in Kioto.La Japanese culture has evolved considerably in recent years since thecountry's original Jomon culture, contemporary culture, which combines influences from Asia, Europe and North America. Traditional arts include crafts (ikebana, origami, ukiyo-e, dolls, lacquerware,pottery), performances (Bunraku, Kabuki, Noh, rakugo), traditions (tea ceremony, Budo, architecture, gardens, swords) and kitchen. The fusion between traditional print wood and Western art led to thecreation of manga, Japanese comics format popular in and outside Japan. [63] The manga has influenced animation for television and film giving rise to the anime and the call live action movie, films ortelevision series usually embodied by actors and based on popular animated series. Japanese video game consoles have prospered since the 1980s [64].

Japan's music is eclectic, having borrowedinstruments, scales and styles from neighboring cultures. Instruments such as koto, were introduced during the ninth and tenth centuries The accompanied recitative of the Noh theater dating from thefourteenth century and popular folk music, with guitar shamisen, from the XVI. Western music, present since the late nineteenth century, now an integral part of culture. After the war Japan has been influencedby modern music of American and European, which has resulted in J-Pop. [65]

Karaoke is the most widely practiced cultural activity. In November 1993, a study by the Cultural Affairs Agency foundthat this year, were more the Japanese had sung karaoke that those who had participated in traditional cultural events such as flower arranging or tea ceremony. [66]

The first works of Japaneseliterature include Kojiki and Nihon Shoki, two books of history and Man'yōshū, a book of poems by the eighth century, all written in Chinese characters. [67] In the early days of the Heian period, the...