Japanese Food
This fermented soybean paste is the base for a traditional soup and many marinades in Japanese cuisine.
The longest running anime series
One Piece
Name of UC Berkeley's illustrious mascot
Oski
Japanese animator, director, producer, manga artist, and storyteller who co-founded Studio Ghibli in 1985.
Hayao Miyazaki
The number of Japantown in the U.S.
3 (SF, LA, San Jose)
This snack is certified as the Guinness World Record of the Chocolate-Coated Biscuit Brand
Pocky
This Japanese animated film by Studio Ghibli, featuring a girl trapped in a spirit world, won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature in 2003.
Spirited Away
Number of libraries on the UC Berkeley campus
20
The three types of traditional Japanese wear at Matsuri
kimono, yukata and jinbei
GU alumni in the NBA
Rui Hachimura
Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force eat this on every Friday
Curry rice🍛
What is the name of Michael Jackson's bestselling album?
Thriller
Year UC Berkeley was founded
1868
This traditional event marks the division between winter and spring in the old Japanese lunar calendar and is associated with mamemaki (bean-throwing).
Setsubun
This prefecture in Japan has the American town called "Ame-mura"
Osaka
This dish of raw horse meat, often served as thinly sliced sashimi, is a specialty of Kumamoto Prefecture
Basashi🐎
This city-stomping creature first appeared in a 1954 Japanese film, and its name is a portmanteau of the words for 'gorilla' and 'whale.'
Godzilla
Number of NCAA sports played at UC Berkeley
28
Japanese artist that performed 2025 Coachella
XG
Location of the first Japanese American concentration camp
Manzanar
Man who created instant ramen
Momofuku Ando
The most played Japanese artist in Japan (2025)
Mrs. Green Apple
Current chancellor of UC Berkeley
Rich Lyons
Hayley Kiyoko is a singer/dancer/actor who starred in this Disney channel movie
Lemonade Mouth
First Japanese American to serve on Congress
Daniel Inouye