A Japan Question Tour

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Cities 1: Important financial center of the Kansai region, and its food is also quite prominent!

Osaka

Cities 2: City subjected to an earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster in 2011.

Fukushima

Cities 3: Largest city in Hokkaido.

Sapporo

Cities 4: SECOND city to be subjected to a nuclear bomb.

Nagasaki

Artificial Landmarks 1: Oldest temple in Tokyo, dedicated to the bodhisattva of compassion Kannon (Guanyin in Mandarin Chinese.)

Senso-Ji

Artificial Landmarks 2: Massive statue of a religious figure located in Kamakura.

Great Buddha

Artificial Landmarks 3: "White Heron Castle" said to be haunted by the yokai Osakabehime

Himeji Castle

Artificial Landmarks 4: Often translated as the "Golden Pavillion," this temple was destroyed by arson in 1950

Kinkaku-Ji

Natural Landmarks 1: This active volcano is widely regarded as a symbol of peace.

Mount Fuji

Natural Landmarks 2: According to Shintoism, the sun goddess Amaterasu hid herself in a cave in this Kyushu canyon.

Takachiho Gorge

Natural Landmarks 3: In this park, one can find Japanese macaques relaxing in hot springs.

Jigokudani

Natural Landmarks 4: National park home to the Toshogu Shrine and Kegan Falls.

Nikko

People 1: First of the Great Unifiers of Japan

Oda Nobunaga

People 2: One of the most famous swordsmen in history and author of "The Book of Five Rings."

Miyamoto Musashi

People 3: Emperor credited with the modernization of Japan.

Meiji

People 4: Scientist who found the species of bacteria that causes syphilis.

Hideyo Noguchi

Events 1: Series of laws established at the end of the Asuka period, set to centralize the emperor's power using Confucian ideals.

Taika Reforms

Events 2: Battle that led to the formation of the Tokugawa Shogunate.

Battle of Sekigahara

Events 3: Last battle of the Satsuma Rebellion that ended the shogunate, featured in a Sabaton song

Battle of Shiroyama

Events 4: Period of economic stagnation that began in the 1990s.

Lost Decades

Culture 1: One of the first novels to be written in world history following an exiled prince attempting to become an imperial officer, written by the noblewoman Murasaki Shikibu.

The Tale of Genji

Culture 2: Tempest-depicting woodblock print.

The Great Wave

Culture 3: Multimedia franchise about catching monsters.

Pokemon

Culture 4: Famous martial art that originated from Okinawa.

Karate

Food 1: Thinly sliced seafood dish often eaten with soy sauce.

Sashimi

Food 2: Thick noodle that is iconic to the Kagawa Prefecture.

Udon

Food 3: Savory teppanyaki dish similar to a pancake.

Okonomiyaki

Food 4: Tofu-based stir fry from Okinawa.

Chanpuru

Cinema 1: Akira Kurosawa's most highly regarded film, set in the Sengoku Period and involving a certain number of warriors.

Seven Samurai

Cinema 2: "King of the Monsters" and subject of the longest-running film franchise in history. (Though I think that would depend on if you count each era as a separate franchise or not.)

Godzilla

Cinema 3: Studio Ghibli's first movie to win Best Animated Feature.

Spirited Away

Cinema 4: Horror movie where a ghost emerges from a television

The Ring

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