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Which festival, celebrated the day before the first day of spring, involves throwing soybeans to chase out the oni (ogres)?
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Setsubun
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What is the name of the former Japanese emperor who abdicated in 2019?
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Akihito
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Which genre of art, famous for woodblock prints, has a name meaning "pictures of the floating world"?
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Ukiyo-e
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Who is the creator of popular Studio Ghibli films such as "My Neighbor Totoro" and "Spirited Away"?
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Hayao Miyazaki
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Which stuffed toys, based on Disney characters, are designed to stack on top of each other?
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Tsum Tsum
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Which type of cookie, made in Sapporo, has a name meaning "white lover"?
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Shiroi Koibito
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Which city in Aichi prefecture shares a name with a car manufacturer?
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Toyota
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Which Japanese band has songs such as "Oddloop" and "Kanashii Ureshii"?
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Frederic
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What is the name for a Japanese hot spring?
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Onsen
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Which city suffered a nuclear accident following an earthquake and tsunami in 2011?
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Fukushima
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Meaning "divine wind", what saved Japan from Mongol invasion twice?
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Kamikaze
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Who was responsible for the death of Oda Nobunaga?
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Akechi Mitsuhide
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Which prefecture is the largest producer of peanuts in Japan?
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Chiba
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Which city was originally the target for the atomic bomb that was dropped on Nagasaki, spared because it was too cloudy over the city?
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Kokura
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Who replaced Shinzo Abe after he stepped down as prime minister?
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Yoshihide Suga
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Which contemporary artist, who works primarily in sculpture and installation, is known for covering things in polka dots?
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Yayoi Kusama
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In 1995, the Aum Shinrikyo cult carried out an attack on the Tokyo subway using which type of poisonous gas?
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Sarin
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Which temple, located in Nara, is one of the largest wooden buildings in the world and houses a giant bronze Buddha statue?
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Todaiji
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Which park in Saitama is famous for its shibazakura (moss pink) fields?
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Hitsujiyama
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What is the name of the third of the three unifiers of Japan?
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Tokugawa Ieyasu
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Name any of the original three starter Pokemon.
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Bulbasaur / Charmander / Squirtle
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Who are the native people of Hokkaido?
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Ainu
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The Ryukyu Islands are also known as what?
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Okinawa
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Which novelist authored books such as "Norwegian Wood" and "Kafka on the Shore"?
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Haruki Murakami
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The Naruto Strait in Tokushima is famous for what?
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Whirlpools
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Which traditional style of bedding, consisting of a mattress and a duvet, can be folded and stored away during the daytime?
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Futon
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Which branch of Buddhism, popular in Japan, involves the practice of chanting the name of Amitabha Buddha with total concentration?
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Pure Land
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Which Japanese region shares its name with the Japanese word for "China"?
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Chugoku
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