Japan

Sports

100

Japan's National Sport (and we thought all Japanese were thin...)

What is Sumo

200

The site of the 1998 Winter Olympics

What is Nagano

300

Nicknamed Godzilla, Hideki Matsui came over from Japan in 2003 to play for this Major League Baseball team.

What is the New York Yankees

400

Mao Asada and Daisuke Takahashi represent Japan in this sport.

What is Figure Skating

500

They are known in Japan as "Nadeshiko Japan". This ladies team is ranked 3rd in the world.

What is soccer

Kanji

100

一

What is One 1

200

口

What is mouth

300

好

What is "to like"

400

魚

What is fish

500

鬱

What is "melancholy"

Food

100

Sashimi cannot be called sushi because it lacks this

What is rice

200

A very important item in Japanese cooking is 'shôyu'. Also popular in the West, we call this substance this

What is soy sauce

300

The term 'Gyoza', borrowed from the Chinese 'jiaozi', refers to this type of side dish

What is a dumpling

400

This food is a soybean that is picked before it ripens. Its name literally means, "twig bean". It is a popular side dish at Japanese izakaya restaurants.

What is edamame

500

This Japanese noodle dish consists of Chinese-style wheat noodles served primarily in a meat broth, often flavored with soy sauce or miso.

What is ramen

Geography

100

At 3776 metres, this is the most famous of all Japanese mountains

What is Mount Fuji

200

Also a name of a fast food chain in Canada, the former name of Tokyo is this.

What is Edo

300

Better known as a brand name of beer, this is the capital of Hokkaido

What is Sapporo

400

Canada has provinces, the US has states, this is the term that is used in Japan

What is prefecture

500

A former capital of Japan, this city reached international headlines for the protocol named after it by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

What is Kyoto

Japanese Companies

100

Mario and Luigi can thank this company for their fame

What is Nintendo

200

The name of this Japanese watch company can be translated to mean 'precision'

What is Seiko

300

This Japanese company is famous for its musical instruments and motorcycles

What is Yamaha

400

The world's largest tire and rubber company was founded by Shoji Ishibashi (Ishi and bashi are reversed and translated into English to form the company's name)

What is Bridgestone

500

In 1938, this Japanese multinational automaker was named after the city it moved to (ironically it's also the name of the founder)

What is Toyota