Worldraw started when E-Friends was trying to get computers over to Bosnia right after the war ended, for kids to communicate with other kids around the world. The project was chosen to illustrate a chapter on International understanding in a Japanese middle school textbook. This year there are three schools in Kumamoto who have officially included the program into their curriculum.

The exchanges are based on pictures drawn by the participants using English at times or the language of the country they are exchanging with.

We contact with Worldraw through a message from Bruno Jactat, an enthusiastic French teacher in the International University of Kumamoto. He introduces to us in a new world. The project has a delay but we hope that it starts now. Our contribution to worldraw will be here soon, while, you can learn more about Japan.

http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/

Our friends are in Kumamoto, a big city in Kyushu region.

You have to find answers for the questions about Japan, in this fantastic web site.

What is the highest mountain in Japan?
Why is Japan prone to earthquakes?
What sort of animals live in the wild?
What are the typical plants of Japan?
What are the characteristics of each season?
What are the coldest and hottest temperatures in Japan, and where are they recorded?
Why do the Japanese like cherry blossoms so much?

• Why do the Japanese take off their shoes when entering the house?
  How do people take a bath in Japan?
  What are the most popular dishes among Japanese children? When families dine out, where do they go and what do they eat?
  How big are Japanese homes?
  Do the Japanese keep pets?
  When do people wear kimonos, and how are they worn?
  What's a traditional Japanese room like?
  I've heard that the Japanese have long lives. Is that true?
  Do grandparents live together with their families?
  
• Who wrote the first novel in the world, and what was it about?
  How do you write a haiku?
  What is the tea ceremony?
  What are ukiyo-e ?
  What kind of traditional musical instruments are there in Japan?
  What is ikebana ?
  What are the kanji, hiragana, and katakana that the Japanese use for writing?
  What sort of Japanese people have won Nobel Prizes?
  What religions do Japanese people practice?
• How do people practice calligraphy?

Now, you can see a beautiful site about Kumamoto, the new friends' city.

http://www.visitkumamoto.com/