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100

This is the capital of Japan.

What is Tokyo?

100

This where you would go to find Japan's southernmost prefecture.

Where is Okinawa?

100

This is the ancient form of Japanese poetry.

What is Haiku?

100

People in Japan were probably the first people to grow this type of fungus for food.

What are mushrooms?

100

This person wrote The Tale of Genji.

Who is Murasaki Shikibu?

200

This is the language of Japan.

What is Japanese?

200

You should go here to find good hoto.

Where is Yamanashi?

200

Haiku poems usually are made up of (#) of lines.

What is three?

200

The Japanese love to sprinkle this tasty, salty liquid on their food.

What is soy sauce?

200

This famous baseball player is from Japan.

Who is Shohei Ohtani?

300

This is the major grain grown in Japan.

What is rice?

300

The location of Japan's most famous mountain is shared between Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures.

Where is Mount Fuji?

300

This is the ancient art of using a brush to paint alphabet characters.

What is calligraphy?

300
This is a meal of raw fish.
What is sashimi?
300

People in this profession catch the fish needed for sushi and sashimi.

Who are fishermen?

400

The ___ of Japan is 124 million people.

What is population?

400

The place known for electronics and anime goods is located in central Tokyo.

Where is Akihabara?

400

This is a type of Japanese theater.

What is kabuki?

400
This is a special kind of Japanese mustard.
What is wasabi?
400

Movies by this animator are popular worldwide.

Who is Hayao Miyazaki?

500

This is the name of the Japanese form of currency (money).

What is yen?

500

Ainu culture can be found here.

Where is Hokkaido/northern Japan?

500
This is the Japanese art of flower arrangement.
What is Ikebana?
500
This type of food is made up of thin slices of meat, bean curd and vegetables cooked in soy sauce and sugar.
What is sukiyaki?
500

This person was your last ALT.

Who was Oliver?