| Description | Letter | City | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center of Japan's second-largest urban region | O | Osaka | 100%
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| Japan's capital city | T | Tokyo | 100%
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| Target of the "Little Boy" atomic bomb on August 6, 1945 | H | Hiroshima | 97%
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| A manmade island in this city's harbor was Japan's only port open to foreign traders during the isolation period | N | Nagasaki | 97%
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| Famous for a type of Wagyu beef | K | Kobe | 90%
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| Largest city on Hokkaido | S | Sapporo | 90%
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| Capital of the Kanagawa Prefecture—also the largest suburb of the above | Y | Yokohama | 90%
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| Formerly known as Koromo, this city changed its name in honor of a car company | T | Toyota | 84%
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| Largest city on Kyushu | F | Fukuoka | 81%
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| NOT the location of the 2011 nuclear accident known by the same name | F | Fukushima | 81%
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| Principal city of the Chūkyō region | N | Nagoya | 81%
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| Coastal city near Japan's highest volcano | F | Fuji | 77%
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| City chosen as the host of the 1998 Winter Olympics | N | Nagano | 65%
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| Capital of the Okinawa Prefecture | N | Naha | 55%
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| Largest Honshu city located on the Sea of Japan coast | N | Niigata | 52%
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| Where the Tōdai-ji temple is situated | N | Nara | 48%
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| Capital of the Miyagi Prefecture—founded by samurai Date Masamune | S | Sendai | 48%
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| Has the most visited of Japan's twelve original castles | H | Himeji | 39%
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| Known for having the largest sand dune in Japan | T | Tottori | 32%
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| Considered Japan's first feudal capital | K | Kamakura | 23%
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