The Japanese flag is
called the Hinomaru.
It has been the symbol of
Japan since the 1600's.
Japan's national anthem,
the Kimigayo,
is over 1,000 years old.
The music was written about
100 years ago.
Thousands of years
of happy reign be thine;
Rule on, my lord,
'till what are pebbles now
by age united to mighty rocks shall grow
whose venerable sides
the moss doth line.