Statistics for Japan General Knowledge #2

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Other than Shintō, what is the most popular religion of Japan?	Buddhism	95%
What is the name of the tallest mountain in Japan?	Fuji	90%
What is wrapped around an onigiri rice ball?	Seaweed	90%
Which city was spared from bombing during WWII due to its historical significance?	Kyoto	81%
What is the name for traditional green tea, which consists of finely ground powder before it is mixed with water?	Matcha	81%
Which number is considered unlucky, as it sounds like the Japanese word for "death"?	Four	76%
What it the name for a low-cost hotel in which one sleeps in a tiny "pod"?	Capsule hotel	67%
Which European country was still allowed to trade with Japan during its period of isolation from 1639 to 1853?	The Netherlands	67%
What is the name of the snack which is narrow cookie sticks partly covered in chocolate?	Pocky	57%
What is the name of the Shintō sun goddess?	Amaterasu	52%
What was the name for a masterless samurai?	Rōnin	52%
When giving money to someone else, what should one put it in?	Envelope	43%
What species is Son Goku?	Saiyan	43%
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%
Which shrine consists of thousands of torii (gates), lined up one after the other?	Fushimi Inari	38%
What is the name for a cherry blossom viewing festival?	Hanami	33%
What is the name of the current emperor?	Naruhito	29%
What is the name of the second of the three unifiers of Japan?	Toyotomi Hideyoshi	29%
Hatsune Miku is a character of which singing voice synthesizer software?	Vocaloid	29%
What is the name of Japan's oldest collection of poems?	Man'yōshū	24%
Mai Shiraishi and Nanase Nishino are members of which J-Pop group?	Nogizaka46	19%
Who is the author of the novel, "A Personal Matter"?	Oe Kenzaburo	19%
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	10%
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	10%
What is the name of the Japanese art of woodworking?	Sashimono	10%
What is the name of the second written history of Japan, which unlike the first, is considered accurate?	Nihon Shoki	5%
Which type of film from the 1920's had film technique that was influenced by the west?	Jidaigeki	0%
What is the name of a straw rope with white, zigzag paper stripes that marks the boundary of something sacred?	Shimenawa	0%