Fast Facts
This is the number of prefectures in Japan.
What is 47?
This is the name of the ocean that surrounds Japan.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
The Japanese were probably the first people to grow this type of fungi for food.
This number is considered bad luck in Japanese Culture.
What is four?
This event is celebrated in Japan on January 1st.
正月 (New Year's Day)
This is the capital of Japan.
What is Tokyo?
What is Mount Fuji?
Japanese people love to sprinkle this delicious type of liquid on their food.
What is soy sauce?
This is the ancient form of Japanese poetry.
What is Haiku?
This event is celebrated in Japan on May 5th.
こどもの日 (Children's Day)
This is Japan's national sport.
What is sumo?
70% of Japan is covered in this geographical feature.
What are Mountains?
This is a meal of raw fish.
What is sashimi?
This is the ancient art of using a brush to paint alphabetic characters.
What is calligraphy?
This event is celebrated on or around November 15th in Japan.
七五三 (7-5-3 day; festival day for children aged 7, 5 and 3)
This number refers to the population of Japan.
What is 125 million?
These are the four main islands of Japan.
What is Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu?
This is a special type of Japanese mustard.
What is karashi?
These are recognized as Japan's three major classical theaters.
What are kabuki, noh, and bunraku?
This event is celebrated on July 7th in Japan.
たなばた (Star Festival)
The Japanese call their nation Nippon, which means this.
What is Land of the Rising Sun?
These are the three major rivers in Japan.
What is The Shinano, The Tone, and The Ishikari?
This type of food is made up of thin slices of meat, bean curd and vegetables cooked in soy sauce and sugar.
What is sukiyaki?
This is the Japanese art of flower arrangement.
What is Ikebana? (生け花)
This event is celebrated in Japan from August 13th to 15th.
おぼん (Obon)