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Japan by Picture

How well do you know the Land of the Rising Sun? Identify these people, places, and things associated with Japan.
Quiz by Gassu
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Last updated: October 20, 2020
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First submittedMarch 11, 2018
Times taken21,977
Average score72.2%
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(tallest structure)
(island)
(national flower)
Bullet Train
(religion)
(former emperor)
(Prime Minister 2012–2020)
(type of dress)
(feudal warrior)
(media franchise)
(city)
Japanese Macaque
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Level 82
Mar 14, 2018
Zen? I assumed you were looking for something more specific.
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Level 59
Apr 19, 2018
Zen garden?
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Level 73
Aug 24, 2018
The actual name is "karesansui" meaning dry landscape. It is not technically called a Zen Garden but is often referred to as that. They are called Japanese Rock Gardens.
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Level 84
Jan 18, 2020
Tried "rock garden" and gave up.
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Level 77
Aug 29, 2018
Agree!
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Level 40
May 4, 2020
The picture depicts a karesansui garden, or "Japanese rock garden". To depict the whole philosophy, religious thought and concept known as "zen" with a picture of a karesansui is ridiculous. The creator should've at least written a clue like with the other pictures.
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Level 65
Mar 14, 2018
Maybe accept nigiri in addition to sushi?
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Level 64
Mar 14, 2018
related: i tried yukata before kimono
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Level 74
Aug 23, 2018
Yes please, I second this. I work at a sushi restaurant - the picture shows nigiri
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Level 89
Aug 23, 2018
Agreed.
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Level 65
Mar 14, 2018
D'Oh Kimono not Komodo.
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Level 69
Mar 14, 2018
I regret I have but one heart-like-click-thingy to give.
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Level 87
Mar 14, 2018
You don't want to wear the dreaded Kimono Dragon.
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Level 83
Mar 14, 2018
Can accept Cherry for Cherry blossom?
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Level 60
Mar 14, 2018
Different things
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Level 44
Mar 14, 2018
Since you included long 'o' in 'Shinzou', you can also add it in 'Hokkaidou', Kyouto' and 'Shintou'.
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Level 87
Mar 14, 2018
Really? You didn't just type in "Abe"?
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Level 47
Aug 6, 2019
You mean Shinzō, Hokkaidō, Kyōto, and Shintō?
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Level 60
Mar 14, 2018
Please accept “Heian” for “Kyoto”
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Level 73
Jul 24, 2018
Probably not since that particular pavilion was built over 200 years after the name change to Kyoto. (1185 and about 1397)
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Level 58
Aug 23, 2018
Should accept Showa for the emperor
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Level 49
Aug 23, 2018
Surprised that I missed only three, not being too familiar with Japan.
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Level 78
Aug 23, 2018
Yay, I went to Japan in April! Only missed 'Macaque', because I couldn't spell it! Thanks for accepting 'Sakura' for Cherry Blossom, and 'Shinkansen' for Bullet Train.
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Level 66
Jan 2, 2021
I got it because the exact same picture was used on the quiz Pointless today! What are the odds (especially since I didn't really watch the show this time and only saw a few minutes of it near the end)
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Level 74
Aug 23, 2018
Can you accept Shinkanzen for bullet train please?
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Level 72
Aug 23, 2018
Shinkansen is accepted. Are there dialects where it is pronounced with a "z"?
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Level 66
Aug 24, 2018
Almost forgot Samurai because I was trying to think of a specific person.
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Level 73
Aug 24, 2018
You should accept Rock Garden for Zen. That is the correct term. They are often called Zen Gardens but for the simplistic form, they ARE called Rock Gardens.
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Level 74
Nov 19, 2018
Thank you for accepting snow monkey! Can you also accept 'jerks who stole my lunch'? :D
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Level 69
Apr 4, 2020
This is not a kimono, this is a traditional korean dress. They are very different things, it is worth a correction.
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Level ∞
Apr 4, 2020
Fixed
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Level 47
Sep 23, 2020
Sakura isn't Japan's national flower, it's chrysanthemum. Maybe celebrated flower would fit better?
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Level 86
Oct 20, 2020
Abe's no longer the current PM. Update?
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Level ∞
Oct 20, 2020
Okay
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Level 79
Feb 19, 2021
The 'Skytree' in Tokyo Skytree is actually one word.
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Level 36
Jul 27, 2021
I've lived in Japan for years and I have never heard about the monkeys in Nagano being called "macaques" (which to my understanding, just comes from a word for monkey in Portuguese/French), and I definitely never heard of the rock gardens being referenced to as Zen gardens.
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Level 87
Apr 19, 2022
I tried macac, macack, mawcat...needless to say I missed that one!
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Level 33
Jul 8, 2022
Well...today Abe was assasinated..thats why i found him but thats sad..RIP
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Level 88
Jul 16, 2022
RIP in peace Mr Abe
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Level 50
Dec 16, 2022
wait people don't know tokyo sky tree lmao I learnt it from haikyuu! when they were asking if regular transmission towers were the sky tree
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Level 36
Feb 12, 2024
“samurai”(侍)also known us “bushi”(武士)
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Level 36
Feb 12, 2024
“samurai”(侍)also known us “bushi”(武士)