Names of Japan of the islands and the possibility to access precious ores without resorting to (unavailable) deep-mining technologies. The Dutch name, Japan, may be derived from the southern Chinese pronunciation of , "Yatbun" or "Yatpun". The Dutch "J" is generally pronounced "Y", hence Ja-Pan. The modern Shanghainese pronunciation of Japan is "Zeppen" . In modern Japanese, "Cipangu" is transliterated as which in turn can be transliterated into English as "Chipangu", "Jipangu", "Zipangu", "Jipang", or "Zipang". "Jipangu" ( ("Zipangu")) as an obfuscated name for Japan has recently come into vogue for Japanese films, anime, video games, etc. These names were invented after the
Almaden Country Day School (San Jose, California) Almaden Country Day School (San Jose, California) Almaden Country Day School (formerly known as Almaden Country School) is an independent, nonsectarian, coeducational private day school founded in 1982 by Mrs. Nan Hunter. Serving grades pre-kindergarten through eighth, the school is situated on a 9-acre campus in the Almaden Valley neighborhood of San Jose, California. Almaden Country Day School follows a developmental instructional model with heterogeneous grouping and an emphasis on deepening understanding rather than focusing solely on the acceleration of learning. The school's mission is to "discover the gifts in every child." ACDS is accredited by the California Association of