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Japan Self-Defense Forces Naval Ensign of Japan: National personification: Amaterasu [citation needed] Amaterasu: National founder: Emperor Jimmu (神武天皇 Jinmu-tennō) Emperor Jimmu: National dish: Sushi, Japanese curry, ramen: Sushi, [3] [4] [5] National liquor: Sake: Sake [6] National fruit: Japanese persimmon: Japanese persimmon [7 ...
Giraffe (national animal) Giraffa sp. [60] [61] [62] Thailand: Asian elephant (national animal) Elephas maximus [63] Siamese fighting fish (national aquatic animal) Betta splendens [64] [65] Uganda: Grey crowned crane (national bird) Balearica regulorum [66] United Arab Emirates: Saker falcon (national bird) Falco cherrug [67] Arabian oryx ...
The animal marks its territory with sweet-and-sour-smelling preorbital gland secretions, and males and females have separate territories that may overlap. In the mid-20th century, the Japanese serow was hunted to near-extinction. In 1955, the Japanese government passed a law designating it a "Special National Monument" to protect it from poachers.
National animal Picture Japan: Koi, green pheasant: Prefecture Prefectural animal Akita: Akita dog Chiba: Meadow bunting: Bream: Coho salmon Kanagawa: Common gull: Orca Hokkaidō: Red-crowned crane Kyoto: Raccoon dog: Streaked shearwater Tokyo: Boar: Black-headed gull
Orders, decorations, and medals of Japan (4 C, 11 P) Pages in category "National symbols of Japan" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.
The green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor), also known as the Japanese green pheasant, is an omnivorous bird native to the Japanese archipelago, to which it is endemic. [1] [3] Some taxonomic authorities consider it a subspecies of the common pheasant, Phasianus colchicus. [4] It is the national bird of Japan. [5]
Habu, four different species of venomous snake that exist in certain islands including Okinawa, the Sakishima Islands and the Tokara Islands, but not on the islands of Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku, Hokkaido.
Japanese macaque bathing in hot springs in Nagano prefecture. About 130 species of land mammal occur in Japan. The largest of these are the two bears. The Ussuri brown bear (Ursus arctos), the largest land animal in Japan, is found in Hokkaidō, [3] where it plays an important role in the culture of the Ainu people. [4]