Geography
This is the largest prefecture in Japan by land mass.
What is Hokkaido?
This traditional Japanese sporting event involves two participants trying to force each other outside of a circular ring.
WHITE OUT! The Ito Family travelled to this snowy resort and barely escaped after a winter storm.
What is Mammoth Mountain?
This international airport, opened in 1931, was the first in Tokyo.
What is Haneda Airport?
This is the longest river in Japan.
What is the Shinano River?
This traditional Japanese martial art is known for its use of bamboo swords (shinai) and armor (bogu) and is a form of sword fighting based on Bushido principles.
What is Kendo?
ON YOUR LEFT! Aside from sushi making class, this was Makoto's favorite activity with Emily and Wes on their first Japan trip.
What is biking around the Imperial Palace?
This rechargeable smart card can be charged with money and used to ride most trains and buses, and even at vending machines and convenience stores.
What is the SUICA/PASMO card?
This is the largest lake in Japan, located in Shiga prefecture.
What is Lake Biwa?
This Japanese Olympic swimmer won four gold medals in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, becoming the first swimmer to achieve that in a singly Olympics.
Who is Kosuke Kitajima?
What is Pepto Bismol?
This is the longest non-stop train journey in Japan, covering 1,170km (727miles) and takes around 5 hours.
What is Tokyo to Hakata?
This city in Honshu, located between Osaka and Kyoto, is known for its beef and for being the namesake of a Lakers legend.
What is Kobe?
The Japanese National Team has won the World Baseball Classic this many times.
Bonus 1: Years won.
Bonus 2: First ever championship MVP.
3X.
Bonus 1: 2006, 2009, 2023.
Bonus 2: Daisuke Matsuzaka.
SKUNK IN THE BARNYARD, P U! Ken and Catherine traveled to this Onsen town on their most recent trip.
Where is Kusatsu Onsen?
At 43.58km long, this subway line is the longest in Japan.
Bonus: What color is the line on a subway map?
What is the Toei Oedo Line?
Bonus: Magenta.
This island is home to UNESCO World Heritage Site "Floating Torii Gate" of Itsukushima Shrine.
What is Miyajima Island?
This figure skater became the first Japanese man to win a gold medal in Olympic figure skating at the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia.
Who is Yuzuru Hanyu?
ALERT THE AUTHORITIES! Ken and Catherine smuggled this many bottles of wine into Tokyo for the Christmas party.
What is 15 bottles?
At 320 kilometers per hour, this Shinkansen is the fastest in Japan, running on the Tohoku and Hokkaido Shinkansen lines connecting Tokyo to Aomori.
What is the Hayabusa?