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One of the three "Great Unifiers" of Japan, this the founder and first shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan
Who is Tokugawa Ieyasu?
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Known for Shuri Castle, the restored royal palace of the Ryukyu Kingdom, this is the capital of Okinawa.
What is Naha?
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￥1000; a novelist, author of "I am a Cat".
Where is Natsume Sōseki?
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The largest city and capital of Armenia.
What is Yerevan?
200
This Japanese ukiyo-e artist is famous for the woodblock prints titled "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji" including the infamous "Great Wave of Kanagawa".
Who is Katsushika Hokusai?
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Including Lake Ashi Owakudani Valley, this is a mountainous town known for its hot springs and view of Mount Fuji.
What is Hakone?
200
￥10000; the father of Japanese capitalism
Who is Shibusawa Eiichi?
200
This is Hello Kitty's real name.
What is Kitty White?
300
One of the four great clans of the Heian Period, this clan won the Genpei War and defeated their enemy, the Taira clan, establishing the Kamakura Shogunate.
What is the Minamoto clan?
300
Host the first Winter Olympics ever held in Asia, and the second Olympic games held in Japan; has a famous yukimatsuri ever year.
What is Sapporo?
300
￥5000; this person was an educator who devoted her life to improve the status of women and female education.
Who is Tsuda Umeko?
300
A germ entity, this villain is weak to soap and rides in a personal UFO
What is Baikinman?
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According to the Nihon Shoki and Kojiki, this is the first emperor of Japan and was descendant of the sun goddess Amaterasu.
Who is Emperor Jimmu?
400
Founded in 1600 by the daimyō Date Masamune, this city holds the largest Tanabata festival in Japan and is the largest city in the Tōhoku region
What is Sendai?
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￥1000; nominated for the first annual Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1901, he co-discoverer of the infectious agent of bubonic plague in Hong Kong.
Who is Shibasaburo Kitasato?
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This iconic dog was the original doge meme face and was named after a citrus fruit.
Who is Kabosu? (RIP: 2005-2024)
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This famous swordsman, also known as Niten Dōraku, wrote the Book of Five Rings (五輪の書, Go Rin No Sho) and The Path of Aloneness (獨行道, Dokkōdō)
Who was Miyamoto Musashi?
500
Known for being one of the hottest areas in summer in Japan, this city has twice held the highest temperature ever recorded in Japan: 40.9 degrees Celsius in August 2007 and 41.1 degrees Celsius in July 2018
What is Kumagaya?
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￥2000; a 16th-century gate at the restored royal palace of the Ryukyu Kingdom.
Shureimon
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The 平等院鳳凰堂 /Byodo-in Hoodo was built in this era.
What is the Heian Era?