We recently received the following in an e-mail from an Australian high school student named Karen Jackson, who is looking for some help in doing a school research project about Japan.

With another classmate, I’m researching Japan and Japanese culture and history, for a high school project we’re doing and would greatly appreciate your help if possible.

There’s stacks of great information available on Japan, so that’s no problem at all, but we also needed to survey (if we can find any) any people on the question below (which we can’t answer), but preferably those having much admiration for anything Japanese and Japanese related (and may have more than likely travelled to Japan at least once) and who can speak of their admiration reasonably eloquently. If that’s you, I’d be honored to have your response if possible. So far we haven’t yet had much luck locating people.

Question : What makes (and always has made) Japan and it’s people, culture, food, history, geography, etc., so unique and compelling to you, compared to other countries ?

Or if you’ve travelled to Japan before, what made (and still makes) Japan, it’s geography, people and culture, so beautiful, unique and compelling to you ?

This can be answered normally in normal wording in just a paragraph, or even in a rhyming poem (but not a haiku), or limerick, if interested.

If you’ve read any particularly eloquent, articulate comment/s someone’s made about Japan (that you reckon answers this question in your view) and have kept it on file, because it impressed you, feel free to quote it.

If in addition to answering yourself, you can recommend anyone you know (or don’t know, but still admire), whom you regard as quite knowledgeable and / or eloquent on the subject of Japan, please do so if possible, as it would be much appreciated. Thanks so much for your time, in anticipation of your response.

If you would like to help this young lady out with her project, please send your replies and comments to contact@japundit.com, and we will forward them on to her.