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Japanese 'minkas' (traditional wood-and-paper houses) usually have REVOLVING doors. T(rue) or F(alse)?

f. They have SLIDING doors.

Apart from the entrance hall, which has a tatami mat, all rooms in a Japanese minka have BATTERED EARTH floors. T(rue) or F(alse)?

f. It's the other way round.

When the concentration of Buddhist monks who practise zazen (meditation in a seated position) begins to flag, they are TAPPED ON THE SHOULDER with a stick.

t. The stick is called a keisaku.

In a Buddhist pagoda the typical place where relics (e.g. bits of bone of the Buddha) are hidden is, UNDER THE CENTRAL PILLAR.

t.

Japanese tend not to distinguish between an R and an L.

t. Other characteristics are: 1. all consonants, except n, are followed by a vowel 2. many words are shortened. Examples: 1. London = Rondon 2. Sidney = Shidoni 3. a personal computer = pasokon. The Japanese R is somewhere in between an English R and an English L.

Just as in a mosque you are not supposed to WEAR SHOES in a Buddhist temple.

t.

Pilgrims normally get NO ACCESS to the upper floors of a pagoda.

t.

Buddhist pilgrims are normally dressed in ORANGE.

f. Nope..in white. They are not monks!

In the Noh Theatre MEN play women's roles.

t. They do indeed. Those men are called onnagata.

Traditionally the Japanese do not sit ON CHAIRS when they are having their meals. T(rue) or F(alse)?

t. They sit on cushions, on the floor.