V.+Art+and+Monuments

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The art in Japan reflects the citizens, life, religion, and culture. The first art was made by the Jōmon people in 11000 BC They crafted lavishly decorated pottery storage vessels, clay figurines called dogu and crystal jewels. The first known artist in japan was Kose Kanaoka and some of the main artist in modern japan are Ayako Rokkaku, Yutaka Inagawa and Aya Takano.But Japanese art has changed very much over the centuries because of people taking over japan or different emperors ruling so they don't really stay with the same way of art for very long. after world war II the things they drew where different they started moving into the mainstream of modern art.

The monuments in Japan are very large like the Tokyo tower, it is the largest self supporting bridge in the world and was made in 1958. with that the Tokyo Tower weighs about 4,000 tons!! The Tower is painted in white and orange according to aviation safety regulations. The Rainbow Bridge is a suspension bridge it connects a waterfront area in Tokyo.It was began to built in 1987 and completed as a new symbol of Tokyo in 1993. It is 798m in length. It has three kinds of transportation.On the upper spot there is a expressway and on the lower spot there is a monorail.And there is a walkway too.It obtains power of the sun and illuminates with white, green and red in the night. the other big thing in Japan is the Tokyo Olympic stadium, right now is not the stadium for the Olympics, it is where many sporting events are held in Japan.