Japan Decoder

Answer these Japan-related questions. The initial letter of each answer will form a Japanese proverb (諺).

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	Clue	Answer
A	Tōkyō's "Electric Town", known for electronics and otaku goods	秋葉原（Akihabara)
F	Japan's tallest and most well-known mountain	富士山（Mt. Fuji）
R	A masterless samurai	浪人（Rōnin）
O	A large type of yōkai, often depicted with horns and red or blue skin	鬼（Oni）
G	A district of Kyōto famous for geiko	祇園（Gion）
I	The Japanese god of rice and fertility, highly associated with foxes	稲荷（Inari）
N	Capital city of Aichi Prefecture and Japan's third-most-populous urban area	名古屋市（Nagoya）
A	Former Japanese Emperor and current Emperor Emiritus who abdicated on 30 April 2019	明仁（Akihito）
W	The oldest recorded name of Japan; means "harmony"	和（Wa）
E	The Japanese god of fishermen and luck; also the name of a Japanese brand of beer	恵比須（Ebisu）
L	Japan's third-largest convenience store chain; originally founded in Ohio in 1939	ローソン（Lawson）
L	Toyota's luxury vehicle division and Japan's largest-selling make of premium cars	レックス（Lexus）
D	Long-running manga series created by Fujiko F. Fujio about a time-travelling robotic cat	ドラえもん（Doraemon)
O	The Japanese art of paper folding	折り紙（Origami）
E	Previous name of Tōkyō	江戸（Edo）
S	A form of wrestling originating in Japan	相撲（Sumō）
N	The Japanese name for Japan	日本（Nippon/Nihon）
O	Japan's second-largest city	大阪市（Ōsaka）
T	"The father of manga" who published Astro Boy and Kimba the White Lion	手塚治虫（Tezuka Osamu）

	Clue	Answer
K	The spirits or phenomena worshipped in Shintō	神（Kami）
N	Video game company founded in 1889 as a manufacturer of hanafuda playing cards	任天堂（Nintendō）
O	Rice ball traditionally filled with umeboshi and wrapped with nori	お握り（Onigiri）
W	Aesthetics centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection	侘寂（Wabi-sabi）
T	Succeeded Oda Nobunaga and united Japan, bringing an end to the Warring States Period	豊臣秀吉（Toyotomi Hideyoshi）
H	Ukiyo-e artist who created The Great Wave off Kanagawa	北斎（Hokusai）
E	Author of the "Boys Detective Club" series of novels who helped create the genre of Japanese mystery fiction	江戸川乱歩（Edogawa Ranpo）
G	District of Tōkyō famous for department stores and luxury boutiques	銀座（Ginza）
R	Traditional type of Japanese inn which has existed since the 8th century C.E.	旅館（Ryokan）
E	A popular Japanese music genre often utilizing traditional instruments and focusing on sentimental ballads	演歌（Enka）
A	Japanese doomsday cult responsible for the 1995 Tōkyō subway sarin attack	オウム真理教（Aum Shinrikyō）
T	Famous historic fishmarket in Tōkyō, recently replaced by Toyosu Market	築地市場（Tsukiji Market）
O	Southernmost prefecture of Japan which comprises 2/3 of the Ryūkyū Islands chain	沖縄県（Okinawa）
C	Camera company which created "The Kwanon," Japan’s first 35 mm focal-plane-shutter camera	キヤノン（Canon）
E	An ancient ethnic group of people who lived in parts of Honshū, often thought to be descended from the Jōmon people	蝦夷（Emishi）
A	Sun goddess and purported ancestor of the Japanese Imperial Family	天照（Amaterasu）
N	Camera company founded in 1917 as Nippon Kōgaku K.K.	ニコン（Nikon）

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