| Answers | % Correct | |
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| 9,733,276 | Tokyo | 99%
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| City infamous for its bombing | Hiroshima | 93%
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| Former imperial capital of Japan until 1868 | Kyoto | 92%
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| 2,752,412 | Osaka | 91%
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| Japan's second largest island | Hokkaido | 86%
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| North Pacific Ocean | 83%
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| Mount Fuji | 80%
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| City globally renowned for its beef | Kobe | 77%
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| Japan Sea | 76%
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| 1945: Largest amphibious assault in the Pacific Theater throughout WWII | Battle of Okinawa | 70%
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| 1,973,395 | Sapporo | 70%
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| City infamous for its power plant (actually named after the prefecture) | Fukushima | 66%
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| 2,332,176 | Nagoya | 63%
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| East China Sea | 58%
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| 3,777,491 | Yokohama | 57%
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| Only of the four main Japanese islands without any volcano | Shikoku | 48%
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| Nara: This former Japanese Prime Minister was shot in this city | Shinzo Abe | 48%
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| Largest city on Kyushu island | Fukuoka | 47%
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| Philippine Sea | 32%
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| Sea of Okhotsk | 27%
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| Chain of Japanese islands that stretch from Kyushu to Taiwan | Ryukyu Islands | 25%
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| Third tallest structure in the world at 634 meters | Tokyo Skytree | 25%
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| Setagaya: This video game designer, creator of the Metal Gear series and Death Stranding, was born there | Hideo Kojima | 20%
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| Largest castle in Japan, and one of the oldest | Himeji Castle | 19%
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| Kanagawa: This woodblock print depicts a storm from the coasts of this former province | The Great Wave | 19%
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| Nikko:A shrine in honor of this unifier of Japan is built there | Tokugawa Ieyasu | 18%
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| Japanese Alps | 15%
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| Hida: In an animated film, a teenager swaps bodies with another in a fictional place inspired by this city | Your Name | 14%
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| 1600: Largest battle of Japanese feudal history, which marked the beginning of the Edo period | Battle of Sekigahara | 11%
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| Uji: The last 10 chapters of this work, often considered the world's first novel, take place here | The Tale of Genji | 11%
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| Zen Buddhist temple whose name evokes its color | Temple of the Golden Pavilion | 10%
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| Mount Kita | 8%
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| Habitat for macaques and some of the world's oldest cedar trees | Yakushima Forest | 6%
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| One of Japan's tallest waterfalls, also a sacred site for Shinto and Buddhism | Nachi Waterfall | 5%
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