| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| Cities 1: Important financial center of the Kansai region, and its food is also quite prominent! | Osaka | 92%
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| Natural Landmarks 1: This active volcano is widely regarded as a symbol of peace. | Mount Fuji | 83%
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| Cities 4: SECOND city to be subjected to a nuclear bomb. | Nagasaki | 83%
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| Culture 4: Famous martial art that originated from Okinawa. | Karate | 75%
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| 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 | 67%
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| Cities 2: City subjected to an earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster in 2011. | Fukushima | 58%
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| Culture 3: Multimedia franchise about catching monsters. | Pokemon | 58%
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| Cities 3: Largest city in Hokkaido. | Sapporo | 58%
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| Food 1: Thinly sliced seafood dish often eaten with soy sauce. | Sashimi | 58%
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| Cinema 4: Horror movie where a ghost emerges from a television | The Ring | 58%
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| Food 2: Thick noodle that is iconic to the Kagawa Prefecture. | Udon | 58%
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| Cinema 1: Akira Kurosawa's most highly regarded film, set in the Sengoku Period and involving a certain number of warriors. | Seven Samurai | 50%
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| Cinema 3: Studio Ghibli's first movie to win Best Animated Feature. | Spirited Away | 50%
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| People 3: Emperor credited with the modernization of Japan. | Meiji | 33%
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| Food 3: Savory teppanyaki dish similar to a pancake. | Okonomiyaki | 33%
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| Culture 2: Tempest-depicting woodblock print. | The Great Wave | 33%
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| 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 | 33%
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| Events 2: Battle that led to the formation of the Tokugawa Shogunate. | Battle of Sekigahara | 25%
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| Food 4: Tofu-based stir fry from Okinawa. | Chanpuru | 25%
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| Artificial Landmarks 2: Massive statue of a religious figure located in Kamakura. | Great Buddha | 25%
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| Artificial Landmarks 3: "White Heron Castle" said to be haunted by the yokai Osakabehime | Himeji Castle | 25%
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| Natural Landmarks 4: National park home to the Toshogu Shrine and Kegan Falls. | Nikko | 25%
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| People 1: First of the Great Unifiers of Japan | Oda Nobunaga | 25%
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| Events 3: Last battle of the Satsuma Rebellion that ended the shogunate, featured in a Sabaton song | Battle of Shiroyama | 17%
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| Artificial Landmarks 4: Often translated as the "Golden Pavillion," this temple was destroyed by arson in 1950 | Kinkaku-Ji | 17%
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| People 2: One of the most famous swordsmen in history and author of "The Book of Five Rings." | Miyamoto Musashi | 17%
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| Artificial Landmarks 1: Oldest temple in Tokyo, dedicated to the bodhisattva of compassion Kannon (Guanyin in Mandarin Chinese.) | Senso-Ji | 17%
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| Natural Landmarks 2: According to Shintoism, the sun goddess Amaterasu hid herself in a cave in this Kyushu canyon. | Takachiho Gorge | 17%
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| Natural Landmarks 3: In this park, one can find Japanese macaques relaxing in hot springs. | Jigokudani | 8%
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| Events 4: Period of economic stagnation that began in the 1990s. | Lost Decades | 8%
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| 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 | 8%
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| People 4: Scientist who found the species of bacteria that causes syphilis. | Hideyo Noguchi | 0%
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