Geography and Nature

Cities, Regions and Wildlife

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  1. Which city has been Japan's capital since 1868 and lies on the Kanto Plain at the head of a large bay?
  2. Which city is Japan's second largest by population, a port in Kanagawa Prefecture next to Tokyo?
  3. Which city is the capital of Hokkaido Prefecture?
  4. Which city, rebuilt after 1945 around the delta of the Ota River, is the main city of the Chugoku region?
  5. Which city was the imperial capital from 794 until 1868 and is known for over a thousand temples and shrines?
  6. Which is the largest city of the Kansai region, a merchant centre sometimes called the nation's kitchen?
  7. Which city is the capital of Okinawa Prefecture on the largest island of the Ryukyu chain?
  8. The eight traditional regions of Japan are Hokkaido, Tohoku, Kanto, Chubu, Kansai, Chugoku, Shikoku and which?
  9. Which shrine in Hiroshima Bay is famous for a large torii gate that seems to float at high tide?
  10. Which city's hillside shrine is famed for thousands of vermilion torii gates in tunnels?
  11. Which city is known for the Todai-ji temple and a park where tame deer roam?
  12. What is the national bird of Japan, chosen in 1947?
  13. Which crane, found in the marshes of eastern Hokkaido, symbolises luck and long life?
  14. Which animal famously bathes in hot springs in Jigokudani, Nagano Prefecture?
  15. Which wild cat lives only on Iriomote Island in Okinawa Prefecture?
  16. Which UNESCO natural site on the north-east tip of Hokkaido is known for brown bears and drift ice?
  17. Which city is the main city of Kyushu and sits on Hakata Bay?
  18. Which port city in Nagasaki Prefecture was the only place of foreign trade during Edo seclusion?
  19. Which Kanagawa city, home of the Great Buddha of Kotoku-in, was the seat of the first shogunate?
  20. Which prefecture contains Lake Biwa and borders Kyoto to the east?
  21. Which two prefectures share the summit area of Mount Fuji?
  22. Which strait separates Hokkaido from Russian-held Sakhalin to the north?
  23. Which large arthropod, with a leg span of about three metres, lives in deep waters off Japan's Pacific coast?
  24. Which indigenous people have traditionally lived in Hokkaido, Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands?
  25. Which city in Aichi Prefecture is the centre of Japan's third-largest metropolitan area and of the Chubu region's automobile industry?

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