FunFacts about Japan

There is a museum for Osamu Tezuka, who is considered the father of manga

On average, the Japanese take twenty minutes to read three hundred pages of manga

In Japan manga forms one-third of the printed material.

In Japan lovers write their initials under the picture of an umbrella, instead of inside a heart

The Japanese believe males get nosebleeds if they are turned on

Black cats are considered good luck in Japan

In Japan more than forty new anime appear on television per week

In Japan more paper is used for printing manga than for making toilet paper

The Japanese voted Osamu Tezuka as one of the people they wanted to see the most on postage stamps