I need some help at my "Japanese Culture" presentation

[chengshouse]

Konichiwa mina,
I decided to do a presentation about the Japanese culture in English(I come from Germany) which has to endure(idk if it's the right word) about 20-25min. The thing is, that I don't know what kind of order of topics I should have. My topics will probably be food, religion, anime & manga, martial arts(sports), language and writing and maybe school.
How would you put these topics in a right/correct order(if possible with a reason). The topic "Anime and Manga" will probably be my "highlight"(lol) because it's something that only Japan has and also well known in many other countries. If you have any other very interesting topics feel free to tell me.

Greetings from Germany

 

[Grandpa Frank]

With Google info you could talk for a week. Try looking up:
Geisha
government
religion
tea ceremony
Ikebana (flower arranging)
castles & temples
cherry blossom viewing
samurai
sword making
sculptured gardens
kimonos
onsens
sumo
bonsai
their modern military

Under "ARTICLES" up at the top , we have tons of info. We also have a section on the old art styles of Japan here.

 

[Majestic]

The topic of how religion affects entertainment would, by itself, be enough to fill 20-25 minutes. And you wouldn't need to go into any discussion about food or martial arts. Think about how religion affects the west's view of entertainment, and then think about how the difference in attitudes toward religion and morality affect how Japan views entertainment. So religion > manga > anime > games could be an interesting subject.

Or the written language alone is a huge topic that would provide at least 25 minutes of information.

If you just throw in a bunch of themes: writing, food, language, art....etc... your discussion lacks coherence, and you just end up listing a bunch of cliched stereotypes.

 

[WonkoTheSane]

Honestly, I'd pick one and stick with it. 25 minutes isn't long and I believe it's better to go into some depth on o e topic rather than shallowly touch upon many.

In which one are you most interested? Your love of a topic will shine through and make the speech compelling.

 

[chengshouse]

The topic of how religion affects entertainment would, by itself, be enough to fill 20-25 minutes. And you wouldn't need to go into any discussion about food or martial arts. Think about how religion affects the west's view of entertainment, and then think about how the difference in attitudes toward religion and morality affect how Japan views entertainment. So religion > manga > anime > games could be an interesting subject.

Or the written language alone is a huge topic that would provide at least 25 minutes of information.

If you just throw in a bunch of themes: writing, food, language, art....etc... your discussion lacks coherence, and you just end up listing a bunch of cliched stereotypes.

You might be right with the language that it would be a too huge topic to talk about. What do you mean by "games"? Video games? Sports? I think I'll add food as my last topic because is food is awesome, you know. lol

 

[chengshouse]

Honestly, I'd pick one and stick with it. 25 minutes isn't long and I believe it's better to go into some depth on o e topic rather than shallowly touch upon many.

In which one are you most interested? Your love of a topic will shine through and make the speech compelling.

Tbh, I'm mostly interested in manga and anime lol. But I don't do the presentation just for myself. I want to provide my classmates with as much interesting various information as possible. So going off with only 1 topic wouldn't be great.

 

[Majestic]

What do you mean by "games"? Video games?

Yes, I was thinking of video games (so many Japanese video games come from manga). Anyway. Just a thought.

 

[Glenski]

Majestic wrote:

If you just throw in a bunch of themes: writing, food, language, art....etc... your discussion lacks coherence, and you just end up listing a bunch of cliched stereotypes.

I agree.
So...

I want to provide my classmates with as much interesting various information as possible. So going off with only 1 topic wouldn't be great.

...this thought just isn't giving credit to what each of those topics can contain. Each one is easily 20 minutes. You need to know your audience first, and include stuff that everyone would find appealing. Food is an enormous topic. This video alone would kill almost 8 minutes.