Tabletop Games
Which tile-based game involves building hands of 14 tiles and shouting "Ron" or "Tsumo" to win.
Riichi Mahjong
What is the name of popular activity of singing along to music?
Karaoke
What is the Japanese word for "rice ball"?
Onigiri
What is the name of the busiest train station in the world?
Shinjuku Station
What is the most popular sport in Japan?
Baseball
What is the name of the game, often referred to as "Japanese Chess?"
Which studio co-founded by Hayao Miyazaki produced hits like Spirited Away and My Neighbour Totoro?
Studio Ghibli
Which Japanese dish uses thinly sliced raw fish served without rice?
Sashimi
Which city is Japan's second largest by population after Tokyo?
Osaka
What is the Japanese martial art that uses bamboo swords?
Kendo
In the game of Go, players place stones on the intersections of a grid to capture territory.What two colours do the stones come in?
Which famous 1988 anime film features a gang of bikers in Neo-Tokyo and a boy named Tetsuo who gains psychic powers?
Akira
What popularly consumed item was originally made by chewing and spitting out rice?
Nihonshu (Japanese rice wine or "Sake")
Japan celebrates Valentine's Day, but usually women give chocolates to men on this day. What is the name of the day when men give chocolates to women?
White Day
What is the name of the Japanese tennis player, the first Asian to be rank #1?
Naomi Osaka
Before they made video games, Nintendo was founded in 1889 to manufacture cards for which flower-themed game?
Hanafuda
In 2019, which celebrity got a Japanese tattoo that translated to mini barbecue?
Ariana Grande
What is the typical Christmas meal in Japan?
KFC
What is a traditional Japanese inn with tatami floors and futon beds called?
Ryokan
Which sport does Japan have most medals in for the olympics?
Judo
Which card game, often played on New Year's, involves a reader reciting the first half of a poem while players race to grab the card featuring the second half?
Karuta
In 2025, which anime movie broke box office records to become the highest-grossing film in Japanese history?
Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle
Which type of food is made up of thin slices of meat, bean curd and vegetables cooked in soy sauce and sugar?
Sukiyaki
What is the name of the Japanese art of flower arranging?
What is the name of the Japanese baseball league?
NPB (Nippon Professional Baseball)