| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| What is wrapped around an onigiri rice ball? | Seaweed | 92%
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| Other than Shintō, what is the most popular religion of Japan? | Buddhism | 89%
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| What is the name of the tallest mountain in Japan? | Fuji | 86%
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| Which number is considered unlucky, as it sounds like the Japanese word for "death"? | Four | 76%
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| Which city was spared from bombing during WWII due to its historical significance? | Kyoto | 76%
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| What is the name for traditional green tea, which consists of finely ground powder before it is mixed with water? | Matcha | 76%
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| What it the name for a low-cost hotel in which one sleeps in a tiny "pod"? | Capsule hotel | 68%
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| Which European country was still allowed to trade with Japan during its period of isolation from 1639 to 1853? | The Netherlands | 65%
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| What was the name for a masterless samurai? | Rōnin | 57%
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| What is the name of the Shintō sun goddess? | Amaterasu | 51%
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| What is the name of the snack which is narrow cookie sticks partly covered in chocolate? | Pocky | 49%
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| On which type of doll does one draw an eye to make a wish, and then draw the other eye when the wish comes true? | Daruma doll | 38%
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| When giving money to someone else, what should one put it in? | Envelope | 38%
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| What species is Son Goku? | Saiyan | 38%
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| Which shrine consists of thousands of torii (gates), lined up one after the other? | Fushimi Inari | 35%
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| What is the name for a cherry blossom viewing festival? | Hanami | 35%
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| What is the name of the current emperor? | Naruhito | 35%
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| Hatsune Miku is a character of which singing voice synthesizer software? | Vocaloid | 35%
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| What is the name of the second of the three unifiers of Japan? | Toyotomi Hideyoshi | 32%
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| What is the name of Japan's oldest collection of poems? | Man'yōshū | 22%
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| Mai Shiraishi and Nanase Nishino are members of which J-Pop group? | Nogizaka46 | 19%
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| Who is the author of the novel, "A Personal Matter"? | Oe Kenzaburo | 16%
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| What is the name for a medallion featuring Jesus or other Christian imagery, which one had to step on during the Edo period in order to prove that they were not Christian? | Fumi-e | 11%
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| What is name for the traditional custom in which a man and woman are introduced to each other in order to consider the possibility of marriage? | Miai | 11%
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| What is the name of the second written history of Japan, which unlike the first, is considered accurate? | Nihon Shoki | 8%
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| What is the name of the Japanese art of woodworking? | Sashimono | 8%
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| What is the name of a straw rope with white, zigzag paper stripes that marks the boundary of something sacred? | Shimenawa | 5%
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| Which type of film from the 1920's had film technique that was influenced by the west? | Jidaigeki | 0%
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