Pokémon
This generation of pokemon introduced exactly 151 new pokemon
What is generation I?
The historical capital of Japan before Tokyo
What is Kyoto?
A word used by Japanese to apologize
What is sumimasen/gomen(nasai)/moshiwake arimasen?
A commonly used retro type of phone in Japan
What is a flip phone?
Precooked instant noodles with added flavoring, sold in a plastic or paper cup
What are cup noodles?
The pokemon type newly introduced in generation 2
What is Dark/Steel?
The current era of the official calendar of Japan
What is Reiwa?
A Japanese phrase meaning "You are already dead"
What is "omae ha mou shindeiru"?
An IC card used for travel across Japanese public transit systems
What is Suica/Icoca/Pasmo/Kitaca/Toica/Manaca/Pitapa/Sugoca/Nimoca/Hayakaken?
A variant of noodles that is much thicker
What is udon?
This pokemon is the literal god of the pokemon universe
Who is Arceus?
An articificial island off Nagasaki, that served as a trading post for the Dutch during the Tokugawa shogunate.
What is Dejima?
A type of formal Japanese grammar and vocabulary
What is keigo/teineigo/sonkeigo/kenjogo?
The large Japanese company that co-invented the CD
What is Sony?
This ramen broth is made by long-boiling pork bones
What is tonkotsu?
This unevolved pokemon has the type flying and poison
Who is Zubat?
This was the name of the indigenous Japanese people of Japan that now live mostly in Hokkaido
Who are the Ainu?
A style of writing kanji that falls between regular and cursive
What is semi-cursive/gyosho?
A famous Japanese transportation technology literally meaning "new main line"
What is the shinkansen?
This ramen is eaten by dipping the noodles into a separate sauce
What is tsukumen?
The name of the region in pokemon Colloseum and XD: Gale of darkness
What is the Orre region?
This was the final battle that unified japan during the sengoku jidai (warring states period)
What is the battle of Sekigahara?
Supplementary uncommon kanji that can legally be used in names
What are jinmeiyō kanji?
The largest Japanese company by market capitalization, at more than double that of the runner-up
What is Toyota?
A spicy Japanese ramen with creamy broth, based on a similar dish from Sichuan
What is tantanmen?