| Population | Region | Hint | Answer | % Correct | |
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| F | 1.6 million | Kyūshū | famous for its open-air food stalls (Yatai) and Hakata Ramen, characterized by its rich, creamy pork bone broth | Fukuoka | 100%
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| H | 1.2 million | Chūgoku | home to the Atomic Bomb Dome and the floating torii gate of nearby Miyajima Island | Hiroshima | 100%
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| N | 2.3 million | Chūbu | heart of Japan's automotive industry (Toyota); its castle is famous for its Golden Shachihoko (mythical tiger-headed carps) | Nagoya | 100%
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| O | 2.8 million | Kansai | known as the "Nation’s Kitchen," it is the spiritual home of street foods like Takoyaki | Osaka | 100%
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| S | 2 million | Hokkaido | famous for its annual Snow Festival, its eponymous brewery, and for hosting the first Winter Olympics in Asia (1972) | Sapporo | 100%
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| T | 14.3 million | Kantō | formerly known as Edo, and home to the iconic Shibuya Crossing | Tokyo | 100%
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| Y | 3.8 million | Kantō | Japan’s first port to open to foreign trade, it is home to one of the world’s largest Chinatowns | Yokohama | 100%
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| C | 985,000 | Kantō | home to the Makuhari Messe convention center and the world's longest suspended monorail system | Chiba | 83%
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| K | 1.5 million | Kantō | famous for the Kanamara Matsuri (the “Steel Phallus Festival”) and the Doraemon museum | Kawasaki | 83%
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| M | 505,000 | Shikoku | it is home to Dogo Onsen, one of Japan’s oldest hot spring bathhouses and a primary inspiration for the film Spirited Away | Matsuyama | 83%
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| B | 113,000 | Kyūshū | undisputed hot spring capital, famous for its Eight Hells (Jigoku) - spectacular, colorful volcanic ponds | Beppu | 75%
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| W | 351,000 | Kansai | coastal city famous for its Kishu Plums (Umeboshi) and its unique style of ramen | Wakayama | 75%
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| E | 141,000 | Kantō | best known to travelers for the Ebina Service Area, Japan’s most famous highway rest stop | Ebina | 67%
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| U | 515,000 | Kantō | undisputed Gyoza (dumpling) capital of Japan, where the city features a famous stone statue shaped like a giant dumpling | Utsunomiya | 67%
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| G | 400,000 | Chūbu | important to the unifier Oda Nobunaga; it is famous for Ukai, the 1,300-year-old tradition of fishing with cormorant birds on the Nagara River | Gifu | 58%
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| J | 189,000 | Chūbu | historic base of the powerful warlord Uesugi Kenshin and the place where skiing was first introduced to Japan by an Austrian officer | Jōetsu | 58%
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| A | 456,000 | Kansai | former castle town and is famous for its historic Tera Machi (Temple District) | Amagasaki | 42%
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| R | 75,000 | Kantō | name means “Dragon Cape” and it is the home of Ushiku Pond, a famous spot for eel-based local cuisine | Ryūgasaki | 42%
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| Z | 131,000 | Kantō | home to a major US Army base and world-famous for its massive Sunflower Festivals | Zama | 42%
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| D | 118,000 | Kansai | famous for the Nozaki Kannon temple and its lively Nozaki-mairi spring festival | Daitō | 33%
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| I | 493,000 | Kantō | city in Chiba Prefecture | Ichikawa | 33%
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| P | 3,400 | Hokkaido | became a national sensation due to a humorous 1980s TV commercial for “Pip Elekiban” (magnetic therapy patches) | Pippu | 33%
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