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Clue
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Answer
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A
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Tōkyō's "Electric Town", known for electronics and otaku goods
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秋葉原(Akihabara)
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F
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Japan's tallest and most well-known mountain
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富士山(Mt. Fuji)
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R
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A masterless samurai
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浪人(Rōnin)
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O
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A large type of yōkai, often depicted with horns and red or blue skin
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鬼(Oni)
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G
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A district of Kyōto famous for geiko
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祇園(Gion)
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I
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The Japanese god of rice and fertility, highly associated with foxes
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稲荷(Inari)
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N
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Capital city of Aichi Prefecture and Japan's third-most-populous urban area
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名古屋市(Nagoya)
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A
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Former Japanese Emperor and current Emperor Emiritus who abdicated on 30 April 2019
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明仁(Akihito)
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W
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The oldest recorded name of Japan; means "harmony"
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和(Wa)
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E
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The Japanese god of fishermen and luck; also the name of a Japanese brand of beer
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恵比須(Ebisu)
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L
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Japan's third-largest convenience store chain; originally founded in Ohio in 1939
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ローソン(Lawson)
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L
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Toyota's luxury vehicle division and Japan's largest-selling make of premium cars
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レックス(Lexus)
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D
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Long-running manga series created by Fujiko F. Fujio about a time-travelling robotic cat
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ドラえもん(Doraemon)
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O
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The Japanese art of paper folding
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折り紙(Origami)
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E
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Previous name of Tōkyō
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江戸(Edo)
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S
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A form of wrestling originating in Japan
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相撲(Sumō)
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N
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The Japanese name for Japan
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日本(Nippon/Nihon)
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O
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Japan's second-largest city
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大阪市(Ōsaka)
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T
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"The father of manga" who published Astro Boy and Kimba the White Lion
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手塚治虫(Tezuka Osamu)
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K
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The spirits or phenomena worshipped in Shintō
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神(Kami)
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N
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Video game company founded in 1889 as a manufacturer of hanafuda playing cards
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任天堂(Nintendō)
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O
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Rice ball traditionally filled with umeboshi and wrapped with nori
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お握り(Onigiri)
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W
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Aesthetics centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection
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侘寂(Wabi-sabi)
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T
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Succeeded Oda Nobunaga and united Japan, bringing an end to the Warring States Period
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豊臣秀吉(Toyotomi Hideyoshi)
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H
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Ukiyo-e artist who created The Great Wave off Kanagawa
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北斎(Hokusai)
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E
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Author of the "Boys Detective Club" series of novels who helped create the genre of Japanese mystery fiction
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江戸川乱歩(Edogawa Ranpo)
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G
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District of Tōkyō famous for department stores and luxury boutiques
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銀座(Ginza)
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R
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Traditional type of Japanese inn which has existed since the 8th century C.E.
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旅館(Ryokan)
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E
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A popular Japanese music genre often utilizing traditional instruments and focusing on sentimental ballads
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演歌(Enka)
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A
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Japanese doomsday cult responsible for the 1995 Tōkyō subway sarin attack
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オウム真理教(Aum Shinrikyō)
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T
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Famous historic fishmarket in Tōkyō, recently replaced by Toyosu Market
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築地市場(Tsukiji Market)
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O
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Southernmost prefecture of Japan which comprises 2/3 of the Ryūkyū Islands chain
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沖縄県(Okinawa)
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C
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Camera company which created "The Kwanon," Japan’s first 35 mm focal-plane-shutter camera
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キヤノン(Canon)
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E
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An ancient ethnic group of people who lived in parts of Honshū, often thought to be descended from the Jōmon people
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蝦夷(Emishi)
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A
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Sun goddess and purported ancestor of the Japanese Imperial Family
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天照(Amaterasu)
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N
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Camera company founded in 1917 as Nippon Kōgaku K.K.
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ニコン(Nikon)
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Proverb
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A frog in a well does not know the great ocean
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