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Ancient Japan
Ancient Japan
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Geography of Japan
Geography of Japan
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Japanese Facts and Locations
Japanese Facts and Locations
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Japanese Pop Culture
Japanese Pop Culture
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What is a warrior in Japan called?
A) Kaiju
B) Samurai
C) Shogun
Answer: Samurai
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What is the largest island in Japan?
Answer. Honshu
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What is the capital city of Japan?
A) Kyoto
B) Tokyo
C) Yokohama
Tokyo
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What style of animation is Japan famous for?
A) Anime
B) Japanimation
C) Origami
Answer: Anime
200
What were the earliest Japanese people called?
A) Japanese
B) Jomon
C) Native Americans
Answer: Jomon
200
What is the ocean between Japan and Asia?
A) The Pacific Ocean
B) The Sea of Japan
C) The Yellow Sea
The Sea of Japan
200
What is the national sport of Japan?
Answer: Sumo Wrestling
200
What Japanese toys, later turned into a cartoon series, had the tagline: 'Robots in Disguise'?
A) Astroboy
B) Anpanman
C) The Transformers
Answer: The Transformers
300
Who ruled Japan for a thousand years, claiming descent from the sun goddess Amaterasu; which is why they chose the rising sun as their symbol.
A) The Jade Emperor
B) The Samurai Warriors
C) The Yamato Clan
The Yamato Clan
300
Japan's largest lake is most likely the oldest one. About how old is Lake Biwa?
A) More than 1,000,000 years old
B) More than 5,000,000 years old
C) More than 10,000,000 years old
More than 5,000,000 years old
300
What Japanese city brought us Ramen noodles?
A) Kobe
B) Okinawa
C) Yokohama
Yokohama
300
What is the name of the monster that destroys Japanese cities?
A) King Kong
B) Godzilla
C) Pikachu
Answer: Godzilla
400
What is a Japanese term that means "person of the arts," and trained in Kyoto?
A) Geisha
B) Samurai
C) Yakuza
Geisha
400
How many main (large) islands make up Japan?
A) 2
B) 4
C) 7
4. The four main islands are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku
400
What is Japan's largest lake?
A) Lake Biwa
B) Lake Fuji
C) Lake Nintendo
Lake Biwa
400
What year did Pokemon premiered on national TV?
Answer: 1997
500
What country is called the "Land of the Rising Sun"?
Answer: Japan
500
Japan sits on a ring of volcanic activity that circles the Pacific Ocean, and it is called?
A) Nintendo
B) Ring of Fire
C) Shogun
Ring of Fire
500
Himeji Castle in Hyogo is made out of?
A) Stone
B) Brick
C) Wood
Wood
500
Who invented the world's first instant ramen?
A. Kikunae Ikeda
B. Kyota Sugimoto
C. Momofuku Ando
Answer: Momofuku Ando
600
What is the name of a covert agent or mercenary in pre-modern Japan; their job included spying, burning, and surprise attacks?
A) Ninja
B) Samurai
C) Yakuza
Answer: Ninja
600
What year did Mount Fuji last erupt?
A) 1507
B) 1707
C) 1907
1707
600
What Japanese city is known for training Geishas?
A) Kyoto
B) Tokyo
C) Yokohama
Kyoto
600
What animated Disney movie dealt with a futuristic Japanese-inspired culture?
A) Big Hero 6
B) Raya and the Last Dragon
C) Wreck-It Ralph
Answer: Big Hero 6
700
What kind of sword does a Samurai use?
Answer: Katana
700
What are tsunamis?
A) Bullet Trains
B) Giant Waves
C) A Japanese Dessert
Giant Waves. After an earthquake or underwater land movement, the greatest threat to the Japanese islands comes from a giant wall of water that hits the islands.
700
Tokyo's Shinjuku is both a shopping district as well as the city's busiest train station. How many passengers use the trains daily?
A) 1,600,000 people
B) 2,600,000 people
C) 3,600,000 people
3,600,000 people
700
What is Nintendo's most famous character?
A) Kirby
B) Mario
C) Sonic the Hedgehog
Answer: Mario
