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| This major city adjacent to Tokyo is famous for its motorcycles. | Kawasaki | 100%
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| Serving as the capital for over 1000 years, this is one of the oldest places in Japan. | Kyoto | 100%
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| Wikipedia considers this the world's largest city by urban area population. | Tokyo | 100%
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| An earthquake and tsunami caused meltdowns at the nuclear plant here in 2011. The city lies on the Abukuma river and has a basketball team called the Firebonds. | Fukushima | 96%
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| Japan's self-isolation ended in 1853, when they met with a US party in this southern city, which would later be destroyed by an atom bomb. | Nagasaki | 93%
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| This beer-brewing centre hosted the 1972 Winter Olympics. | Sapporo | 89%
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| This motor hub in Aichi is the home of the world's largest car maker. | Toyota | 81%
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| The Shinano river, Japan's longest, flows through this Winter Olympic host venue. | Nagano | 74%
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| Closer to Taiwan than to the four main Japanese islands, this is the main city of Okinawa. | Naha | 67%
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| A 58-year-old woman sneaked into a man's flat in this Kyushu city and lived in his cupboard for months before she was discovered. | Fukuoka | 56%
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| "I don't need to scratch myself" could be a cryptic clue to this Aichi city's name. | Ichinomiya | 56%
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| This megacity runs a contest for mini-gardens which are driven around on the backs of trucks. | Osaka | 56%
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| A food company from this west coast port sell a snack whose name means "Painful Sadness". | Niigata | 52%
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| This metropolis is the country's largest seaport and the home of Lexus and football team Grampus. | Nagoya | 44%
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| The mosquito coil was invented here; the town is also the birthplace of the WW2 soldier who held out in the jungle until 1974. | Kainan | 41%
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