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What does the Japanese word 友達 (tomodachi) mean?

What is friend.

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In this anime, a monkey tailed boy journeys to find 7 items that can grant any wish.

What is Dragon Ball

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In which region of Japan is Tokyo located?

What is the Kanto region

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Made from rice wrapped with seaweed, this Japanese dish is very popular in Japan.
What is Onigiri
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What is the name of a Japanese Demon?

What is Oni

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What are the 3 writing systems used in Japanese?

What is Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji

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Usagi Tsukino is the protagonist of this anime.

What is sailor moon.

2

What was the original name for tokyo?

What is Edo

2

While baseball is a very popular sport in Japan, the national sport of Japan is?

What is Sumo Wrestling

2

What Buddhist monk is known for having lost his legs due to sitting for 9 years straight? 

Who is Daruma

3

蛙 (kaeru) is the word for what animal?

What is a frog.

3

What is the title of Katsahiro Otomo's revolutionary anime film from 1988?

What is Akira.

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Name all four of Japan's largest islands.
What are Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu
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During this holiday, families fly carp shaped windsocks known as Koinobori, one representing each family member.

What is Childrens Day

3

What hero in Japanese folklore was born from a peach?

Who is Momotarō (桃太郎)

4

When would someone say the phrase 頂きます "Itadakimasu"?

What is when giving thanks for a meal.

4

This Japanese director created classic films that inspired ‘Star Wars’, ‘Ocean's Eleven’ and ‘The Magnificent Seven’

Who is Akira Kurosawa

4

In 1998, what city did Japan host the Winter Olympics in?

What is the city of Nagano?

4

What is the name of the gate commonly found at the entrance of Shinto shrines?

What is torii gate

4

What folktale is known as the Japanese "Rip Van Winkle", in which a boy meets an underwater palace after saving a turtle. 

What is Urashima Tarō (浦島 太郎) .

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What does 日本文化部 mean?

What is Japanese Cultural Association

5

As of this week how many episodes of One Piece have been released?

What are 1030 episodes.

5

How many regions and how many prefectures is Japan politically structured into ?

What is 8 regions and 47 prefectures

5

What is the name of a kind of buckwheat soba that many in Japan eat on new years?

What is toshikoshisoba.

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What Japanese Folktale depicts an old man who gets a lump on his face removed by Oni?

What is KobutoriJisan (瘤取り爺さん) "Lump-Taken Old Man"