my mom and dad are from japan.
[{"role": "system", "content": "The first human habitation in the Japanese archipelago has been traced to prehistoric times. The J\u014dmon period, named after its \"cord-marked\" pottery, was followed by the Yayoi in the first millennium BC, when new technologies were introduced from continental Asia. During this period, the first known written reference to Japan was recorded in the Chinese \"Book of Han\" in the first century AD. Between the fourth century and the ninth century, Japan's many kingdoms and tribes gradually came to be unified under a centralized government, nominally controlled by the Emperor. This imperial dynasty continues to reign over Japan. In 794, a new imperial capital was established at Heian-ky\u014d (modern Kyoto), marking the beginning of the Heian period, which lasted until 1185. The Heian period is considered a golden age of classical Japanese culture. Japanese religious life from this time and onwards was a mix of native Shinto practices and Buddhism. Over the following centuries the power of the Emperor and the imperial court gradually declined and passed to the military clans and their armies of samurai warriors. The Minamoto clan under Minamoto no Yoritomo emerged victorious from the Genpei War of 1180\u201385.\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I just returned from Japan and have found a lot of interesting information like Japanese archipelago has been traced to prehistoric times"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Japanese archipelago? is that in the northern region?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "No it means the islands that makes up Japan. Have you heard  of the J\u014dmon period?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "oh ok.  no, never heard of Jomon period"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "It was during the first millennium BC. It's when Japan started using new to that time technologies from other parts of the world. "}, {"role": "user", "content": "is that period during the feudal times and shogans? or I am thinking about another period of time"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "You are thinking of the early 1600's. During the time I'm speaking of is when the outside world actually started to find out about japan. Japan was first mentioned in the Chinese book \"Book of Han\". "}, {"role": "user", "content": "oh ok, who was the first outside western civilization that made contact with Japan?"}]