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Country Quiz on a Map - Japan

こんにちは! Let's test your knowledge about Japan! In this unique quiz, all the answers to geographical, historical, and cultural questions will be somewhere on the map. 行きましょう!
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Last updated: February 26, 2024
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First submittedFebruary 17, 2024
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Bordering Seas and Oceans
East China Sea
Japan Sea
North Pacific Ocean
Philippine Sea
Sea of Okhotsk
 
Mountain Range
Japanese Alps
 
Mount
Mount Kita
 
Volcano
Mount Fuji
Largest Cities by Population
9,733,276
Tokyo
3,777,491
Yokohama
2,752,412
Osaka
2,332,176
Nagoya
1,973,395
Sapporo
 
 
Other Cities
Largest city on Kyushu island
Fukuoka
City infamous for its power plant (actually named after the prefecture)
Fukushima
City infamous for its bombing
Hiroshima
City globally renowned for its beef
Kobe
Former imperial capital of Japan until 1868
Kyoto
Regions
Japan's second largest island
Hokkaido
Only of the four main Japanese islands without any volcano
Shikoku
Chain of Japanese islands that stretch from Kyushu to Taiwan
Ryukyu Islands
 
 
Monuments
Largest castle in Japan, and one of the oldest
Himeji Castle
Zen Buddhist temple whose name evokes its color
Temple of the Golden Pavilion
Third tallest structure in the world at 634 meters
Tokyo Skytree
 
 
Natural Wonders
One of Japan's tallest waterfalls, also a sacred site for Shinto and Buddhism
Nachi Waterfall
Habitat for macaques and some of the world's oldest cedar trees
Yakushima Forest
Famous People
Nikko:A shrine in honor of this unifier of Japan is built there
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Nara: This former Japanese Prime Minister was shot in this city
Shinzo Abe
Setagaya: This video game designer, creator of the Metal Gear series and Death Stranding, was born there
Hideo Kojima
 
 
Pieces of Art
Uji: The last 10 chapters of this work, often considered the world's first novel, take place here
The Tale of Genji
Kanagawa: This woodblock print depicts a storm from the coasts of this former province
The Great Wave
Hida: In an animated film, a teenager swaps bodies with another in a fictional place inspired by this city
Your Name
 
 
Battles
1600: Largest battle of Japanese feudal history, which marked the beginning of the Edo period
Battle of Sekigahara
1945: Largest amphibious assault in the Pacific Theater throughout WWII
Battle of Okinawa
felix998
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Level 77
Feb 19, 2024
it's Himeji Castle not Hijemi castle
YungBabass
+1
Level 46
Feb 19, 2024
Thank you, maybe that's why nobody could find it. I'll change it.
tcookiem
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Level 59
Feb 23, 2024
Some corrections:

- The famous power plant isn't located in the city of Fukushima. It's named after the prefecture.

- Nagasaki is also infamous for its bombing, it doesn't make sense to only mention Hiroshima like that.

- It's more likely that Tokugawa Ieyasu's body remains at Kunōzan Tōshō-gū in Shizuoka, where he was originally buried. While Nikkō Tōshō-gū is the most famous part of Nikkō, there is no real evidence proving his body was actually moved there. Maybe change the hint to something about there being a shrine complex dedicated to him there.

- Abe was not shot in Kashihara, he was shot in the city of Nara before being transported to a hospital in Kashihara where he died.

- Setagaya is most commonly known in English as Setagaya Ward or its official name of Setagaya City. The word "district" in Tokyo normally refers to smaller areas that make up the wards. I would remove the word district and leave it as just Setagaya like the other two in that category.

tcookiem
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Level 59
Feb 23, 2024
- It's Kanagawa, not Kenagawa. Also it's not the name of a province but nowadays refers to a prefecture. While provinces were a thing when the print was made, Kanagawa wasn't the name of one.

- I think it would be worth it to note that the city of Hida isn't actually the hometown of that character in Your Name. Those parts of the movie take place in the fictional town of Itomori, which is just inspired by Hida, so I don't think you could say the character is "from this city".

- You should also accept East Sea and Sea of Japan for Japan Sea.

- It's the Philippine Sea not Philippines Sea.

- The population data in the answer grid at the bottom doesn't match the numbers in the SVG (the SVG numbers are better).

- Very nitpicky but it should be "Zen Buddhist temple" instead of "Buddhist Zen temple" as Zen is a school of Buddhism.

YungBabass
+1
Level 46
Feb 25, 2024
Wow, thank you very much.

Some typos but also some more serious errors. As for Hiroshima, that's why you need to pair the clue with the position on the map.

I hope you still enjoyed the quiz.

Azerk
+2
Level 64
Feb 26, 2024
The description of the temple was really off putting - I would have got it if you had described it as a metal and not a color. This is especially because there is another temple nearby named after silver (Ginkaku-ji)
Dollyfroggy
+1
Level 60
Mar 3, 2024
Could you accept "of Japan" for Japan Sea?
Deuteronomius
+1
Level 67
Mar 5, 2024
Really? The also called their moutain range "Japanese Alps" ?? (in English at least) :D

I thought they would be a bit more create than New Zealand

GuavaJamboo
+1
Level 35
Apr 21, 2024
I like the quiz series, it was fun
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