Passport to Possibility™

Mission Japan 🇯🇵

The Cherry Blossoms & Sushi Adventure™

Explore Japan virtually while practicing reading, geography, budgeting, market shopping, recipe math, cooking, and cultural reflection.

Meet Your Guide

Hana Tanaka

Age 13 • Lives in Tokyo • Favorite Food: Onigiri • Dream: Robotics Engineer

"Konnichiwa! Ride the Shinkansen with me, watch cherry blossoms bloom in spring, visit ancient temples in Kyoto, and learn how to fold origami cranes."

Capital

Tokyo

Currency

Japanese Yen (¥)

Language

Japanese

Continent

Asia

Reading Explorer™

Life in Japan

Japan is an island nation that blends ancient tradition with cutting-edge technology. Families eat foods like sushi, ramen, and onigiri (rice balls). In spring, people gather under cherry blossom trees for hanami picnics. Bullet trains called Shinkansen zoom between cities at over 200 mph.

What is hanami?

Name two Japanese foods mentioned.

What is the Shinkansen?

Checkpoint Quiz · Reading Check

1. Hanami is the tradition of…
2. The Shinkansen is…

Geography Detective™

Map Skills

Interactive map · Japan

Click any pin to learn about it.

What ocean surrounds Japan?

Why does Japan have many earthquakes?

Future Money™

Build Your Japan Day

You have ¥10,000. Choose activities while staying under budget.

Live converter · 1 USD ≈ ¥155

USD

≈ ¥3,875 Japanese Yen

Reverse: ¥1,000 = $6.45 USD

Conveyor Belt Sushi Lunch¥1,500

Matcha & Mochi¥600

Senso-ji Temple Visit¥0

Shinkansen to Kyoto¥14,000

Anime Museum¥2,000

Harajuku Shopping¥3,500

Karaoke Hour¥800

Total spent:

Money remaining:

What did you choose to skip and why?

Smart Shopper™

Sushi Night Budget

You have $40 to buy ingredients for homemade sushi rolls. Compare prices and choose the best value.

Asian Grocery$28

Supermarket$35

Specialty Fish Market$45

Which store is the best value?

How much money can you save?

Recipe Math Lab™

Sushi Rolls for Friends

Original recipe makes 8 rolls. Hana invited 4 friends and wants 4 rolls each — that's 16 total. Double the recipe.

IngredientMakes 8Makes 16

Sushi Rice2 cups____

Nori Sheets4____

Cucumber1____

Rice Vinegar3 tbsp____

If nori costs $0.60 per sheet, how much for 8 sheets?

Future Chef™

Cooking Challenge

Drag to cook · Cucumber Sushi Rolls

Reorder the steps into the correct cooking sequence.

1Rinse sushi rice until the water runs clear.⋮⋮
2Cook the rice and fold in seasoned rice vinegar.⋮⋮
3Spread rice over the nori and add cucumber strips.⋮⋮
4Roll tightly with the mat and slice into rounds.⋮⋮
5Lay a nori sheet on a bamboo mat, shiny side down.⋮⋮

Keep trying — drag to reorder.

What part was easiest?

What would you change next time?

Culture Connection™

Similarities + Differences

What Japanese tradition feels similar to your family traditions?

What surprised you about Japan?

What would you like to learn more about?

Passport Stamp Earned™

Japan Explorer™ 🇯🇵

You completed Reading Explorer™, Geography Detective™, Future Money™, Smart Shopper™, Recipe Math Lab™, Future Chef™, and Culture Connection™.

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