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1
Rashomon was written by which author?
Natsume Soseki
Ryunosuke Akutagawa
Haruki Murakami
2
Mount Fuji is located in which prefecture?
Between Yamanashi and Shizuoka Prefectures
Between Osaka and Kyoto Prefectures
Between Tokyo and Chiba Prefectures
3
"Rainbow Bridge" is in which Prefecture?
Osaka
Kyoto
Hiroshima
Tokyo
4
Which folktale is about a boy who goes to an island to defeat monsters?
Momotaro
Kintaro
Urashimataro
5
1. Which of the four major islands is Tokyo located?
Hokkaido
Honshuu
Shikoku
Kyuushuu
6
What is Mount Fuji's elevation?
6,444 ft.
12, 388 ft.
10,476 ft.
9,698 ft.
7
"Kitchen" is written by which author?
Banana Yoshimoto
Melon Yoshimoto
Orange Yoshimoto
Ichigo Yoshimoto
8
Who was the second Japanese writer to earn the Nobel Prize?
Ooka Shohei
Natsume Soseki
Kenzaburo Oe
Yukio Mishima
9
Which city has not hosted the Olympics in Japan?
Nagano
Yokohama
Tokyo
Hokkaido
10
Where is Narita International Airport located?
Chiba
Haneda
Tokyo
11
Which month commemorates "Health and Sports Day?"
October
September
June
April
12
Who was the first Japanese writer to earn a Nobel Prize?
Ooka Shohei
Shiga Naoya
Yasunari Kawabata
Natsume Soseki
13
The 1998 Olympic Winter Games were held in which area of Japan?
Nagano
Fukuoka
Hokkaido
Nikko
14
About what percent of Japan is mountainous?
30 %
70%
50%
90 %
15
Which country does Japan has ties regarding the "Northern Territories?"
North Korea
South Korea
China
Russia
16
Yuzuru Hanyu was the first male Japanese athlete to win an Olympic golf medal in which sport?
Swimming
Tennis
Judo
Figure skating
17
Which sport has a nationwide high school tournament held at Hanshin Koshien Stadium?
Baseball
Soccer
Karate
Sumo
18
What do Nara and Kyoto have in common?
All of these.
They were capitals.
They have sites designated as World Heritage Sites.
19
Which is considered Japan's national sport?
Karate
Baseball
Sumo
Judo
20
Which author is considered one of the greatest masters of Haiku poetry?
Murakami Haruki
Chikamatsu Monzaemon
Matsuo Basho
21
What year did Japan host the Olympics?
1968
1970
1960
1964
22
What is Japan's population?
127, 728,000
500 million
35,327,000
1 billion
23
Which author had a cat as the narrator of the book?
Shiga Naoya
Natsume Soseki
Fukuzawa Yukichi
24
Which has been an Olympic sport since the 1964 Olympic games?
Karate
Aikido
Kendo
Judo
25
Who wrote the "Tale of Genji"
Matsuo Basho
Murasaki Shikibu
Higuchi Ichiyo
Natsume Soseki
26
Who wrote "Botchan?"
Kawabata Yasunari
Natsume Soseki
27
Which Japanese baseball player was known as "Godzilla" in the US?
Yu Darvish
Ichiro Suzuki
Hideki Matsui
28
Which author committed suicide by seppuku?
Yukio Mishima
Kenzaburo Oe
Haruki Murakami
29
Which two islands of Japan were recently connected by an underwater railroad tunnel?
Honshuu and Shikoku
Kyuushuu and Honshuu
Honshuu and Hokkaido
30
In the Nippon Professional Baseball league, the Tokyo Giants play in which league?
Central
Pacific
