Japan Sports
What is Japan's most popular sport?
Baseball
This city is the largest and most populated city in the world.
Tokyo
What small, triangle-shaped rice balls wrapped in seaweed are popular foods in Japan?
Onigiri
What is the name of the popular Japanese miniature toy capsules sold in coin operated vending machines?
Gachapon/Gacha
What is the most famous Japanese card trading game?
Pokemon
Who is the most well known Japanese MLB player right now?
Shohei Otani
How many MAIN islands are there in Japan?
What is the name of the utensil used for eating in Japan? Give the Japanese name.
(O)hashi
What is Japan's national flower?
Cherry Blossoms (Sakura)
What Japanese game company created Sonic the Hedgehog?
______ is a Japanese NBA player on the Lakers.
Rui Hachimura
In what prefecture is Tokyo Disneyland located?
Chiba
This fermented soybean dish is often eaten for breakfast in Japan
Natto
Japan celebrates Valentine's Day, but usually women give chocolates to men on this day. What is the name of the day when men give chocolates to women?
White day
Which cozy Nintendo game features players living in a town of animal villagers?
Animal Crossing
What World Cup was held in Japan in 2019?
Rugby
____ is the most active volcano in Japan.
Sakurajima
What food contains one of the world's most potent toxins, tetrodotoxin, but is still regularly prepared and eaten in Japan?
Fugu (Japanese pufferfish)
This Japanese religion is one of the few in the world with a female solar diety.
Shintoism / Shintou
This strategic board game is also known as Japanese chess.
Shogi
What do sumo wrestlers sprinkle on the dohyou (ring) to cleanse it before a match?
Salt
Which region in Yamanashi Prefecture at the base of Mount Fuji includes Lakes Kawaguchi + Motosu?
Fuji Five Lakes (Fujigoko)
What popularly consumed item was originally made by chewing and spitting out rice?
Nihonshu (Japanese rice wine or "Sake")
What indigenous group of people have lived in northern Japan for thousands of years?
Ainu
What traditional Japanese card game requires players to grab cards corresponding to classical poems read aloud by a reciter?
Karuta