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100
What is the name of the traditional Japanese flower-arranging art?
Ikebana
100
What is the name of the famous Japanese company known for making cars like the Corolla?
Toyota
100
What is the Japanese word for “thank you”?
Arigatō
200
What is the name of the Japanese practice of writing beautifully by hand?
Calligraphy
200
What is the name of the martial art that means “empty hand”?
Karate
200
What is Japan’s national animal?
Green Pheasant
300
What fish is often flown on Children’s Day in Japan as a colorful decoration?
Carp
300
What are small Japanese poems with 3 lines called?
Haiku
300
What is the name of the world-famous Japanese video game company that created Mario?
Nintendo
400
What is the name of the soup often served with tofu, seaweed, or green onions?
Miso soup
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400
What is the name of the famous shrine gate that often stands in water, such as at Itsukushima Shrine?
Torii gate
400
During which season do cherry blossoms bloom across Japan?
Spring
500
What is the popular Japanese noodle dish made with broth called?
Ramen
500
Japanese writing uses characters instead of the letters of the alphabet that we are familiar with. In what other way is traditional Japanese writing different?
The characters are written from right to left and/or in columns from top to bottom
500
Who was Japan's emperor during WWII?
Emperor Hirohito (1901–1989). Reigning from 1926 until his death, he was the longest-serving monarch in Japanese history.