Distances in Japan (Getting familiar with metric length conversion)

If you are prepared to think about spending a year in Japan teaching English, you will need for many changes - including a new system of length conversion. If you are not ready, you will become familiar with metric length conversion, you will find yourself lost in a short time.

Japanese Measurements

Before1924 Japan had been shakkan with the old style-ho system for over 1300 years. The Japanese government has officially uses the metric system at that time, and forbade the old systemfor legal purposes in 1966. Because of the relative complexity of shakkan-ho-system that is not at all in line (the base unit, which is shaku, the length between a person's thumb and middle finger), length change was difficult, and all waiting length conversion table would have been difficult. If Japan were successful in the global trade community feature has been metric length conversion necessary (interestingly Japanese carpenters and farmers stillold-fashioned shakkan-ho-system).

The Metric Way

The good news is that the change in length with the metric system is easy! If you add can count on to divide, subtract and multiply are dozens of them, you will be mathematically made at home with the metric conversion of units of length, even if you are one of the question.

If you have access to a metric length conversion chart, you will be able to know exactly how far you can go where you need to go between the islands of Japan.

Do not thinkIt is important to know the metric system? Finally, we do not take care with the length of the changeover to metric in the U.S., do we? (The only other two nations on earth, the rejection of the metric system are Myanmar [Burma] and Liberia.)
In fact, metric length conversion is more important than you think. As Canada turned first to the metric system in the early 1980s, an Air Canada Boeing 767 ran the fuel in flight, because two people do not know the metric system in 1999, NASA lost a $ 125Million Mars probe, because the scientists were in two different measuring systems.

Be a Savvy Traveler

Although you may go to Japan to learn the language of instruction is English, it's only polite to introduce some Japanese customs (albeit not too well - Japanese have historically been suspicious of strangers) are fluent in the language. One of them is the length of tariff conversion. Before you go, make sure you have your passport, Nihonnsu-English dictionary and length conversion table- Then learn the metric system.

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