A Trip Around Japan
What is Tokyo?
This ancient poetry form includes three lines
What is haiku?
The language spoken in Japan
What is Japanese?
This is the national sport of Japan
People in many other Asian countries can speak Japanese
What is True
Many older individuals in Korea, Philippines, China, and Taiwan learned Japanese during World War II.
This is Japan's most famous mountain
What is Mt. Fuji?
The art of using a brush and ink to paint characters
What is calligraphy?
The country/countries that borders Japan
None
This American sport is very popular in Japan
What is baseball?
Japan is an aging country
What is True
33% of Japan are 60+; Japan has one of the lowest fertility rates and highest life expectancy in the world, which has led to many problems in society.
Japan has this many main islands
This type of film and television shows account for 60% of the world's animation-based entertainment
What is anime?
_____% of Japanese people live in urban areas
a. 67%
b. 94%
c. 90%
d. 78%
What is b. 94%?
Some businesses in Japan are replacing workers with these
What are robots?
Japan is more populous than the United States
What is False
US: 326 million
Japan: 127 million
Many people travel to these public baths
What are onsen/hot springs?
This film company is famous for producing works such as My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away, and Howl's Moving Castle.
What is Studio Ghibli?
These two foods are major staples of the Japanese diet
What is rice?
What is fish?
Name three famous Japanese foods or sweets
What are sushi, sashimi, tempura, yakitori, okonomiyaki, takoyaki, ramen, soba, dorayaki, dango, mochi, etc.
The average delay for Japanese trains is 1 minute
What is False
The average delay for trains is just 18 seconds!
What is hanami?
Karaoke, a popular pastime in Japan, means this in Japanese.
This is the currency used in Japan
What is yen?
Japan has three different writing systems. Name two of them.
What are hiragana, katakana, and kanji?
There are more vending machines in Japan than there are people in New Zealand
What is True
New Zealand's population: 4.7 million
Vending machines in Japan: 5.52 million