History
What is the long sword used by Samurais called?
What is a Katana?
This Japanese company created characters like Mario and Zelda.
What is Nintendo?
What is the traditional Japanese green powder, considered "bitter" by some, that is used in a latte?
What is Matcha?
Japanese uses Hiragana, Katakana, and what characters in Japanese that are adopted from Chinese characters?
What is Kanji?
What is the name of the highest mountain in Japan?
What is Mount Fuji?
What was the most recent previous capital city of Japan? (hint: not Tokyo)
What is Kyoto?
What is considered Japan's "national sport"?
What is Sumo Wrestling?
What do many Japanese people eat on New Year's Eve?
What is Soba? (half points if you say noodles, double points if you say toshikoshi soba)
What is "hello" in Japanese?
This famously crowded pedestrian crossing in Tokyo is often called the busiest crosswalk in the world?
What is Shibuya Crossing?
What does the red circle on the Japanese flag mean?
What is Hinomaru (the rising sun)?
What is the best-selling comic series of all time that also happens to be a Japanese manga?
What is One Piece?
This Japanese snack food is made by coating seafood or vegetables in a light batter and deep-frying them.
What is Tempura?
This term for a "harbor wave" was adopted into English, especially after the 2011 Tohoku event.
What is a Tsunami?
This deer-filled city in Japan is home to one of the world's largest bronze Buddha statues.
What is Nara?
Japan's modern constitution was adopted in 1947 under the influence of this occupying country.
What is the USA?
What is the name of the famous Japanese girl group that debuted in 2005 with over 40 members, was known for it's "idols you can meet" concept, and was named after the Akihabara area in Tokyo?
What is AKB48?
What Japanese alcoholic beveage is made by fermenting rice to make rice wine?
What is Sake?
This term refers to honorific language used to show respect in Japanese speech.
What is Keigo?
What is the second biggest city in Japan? a. Tokyo b. Kyoto c. Yokohama d. Osaka
What is c. Yokohama?
This treaty, named after a Japanese prefecture next to Tokyo, was signed in 1854, and was the first treaty between the US and Japan, ending Japan's 220-year policy of national isolation.
What is the Treaty of Kanagawa?
Which of these famous US movies is NOT based on a Japanese film: a. Star Wars b. The Magnificent Seven c. Godzilla d. Lord of the Rings
What is d. Lord of the Rings?
What American fast-food chicken chain does Japanese people like to eat on Christmas?
What is KFC?
What is the highest stroke count for kanji in the dictionary? a. 7 b. 12 c. 25 d. 29
d. 29! 鬱
Japan is made up of islands...how many? a. 4 b. 56 c. 380 d. 14,125
14,125 (only ~260 are inhibated)