JAPAN CULTURE QUIZ

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT A

NATIONAL HOLIDAY IN GOLDEN WEEK?

• CONSTITUTION MEMORIAL DAY

• CHILDREN’S DAY
• NATIONAL FOUNDATION DAY
• NATIONAL FOUNDATION DAY
HOW MANY ISLANDS
MAKE UP JAPAN?

• DIGITAL MAPPING BY THE GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION AUTHORITY OF

JAPAN (GSI) RECENTLY FOUND THERE TO BE 14,125 ISLANDS IN JAPANESE
TERRITORY, MORE THAN DOUBLE THE FIGURE OF 6,852 THAT HAS BEEN
IN OFFICIAL USE SINCE A 1987 REPORT BY JAPAN’S COAST GUARD.
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%20COAST%20GUARD.
 WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT
ASSOCIATED WITH NEW YEAR
CELEBRATIONS?

• EATING NEW YEAR’S BUCKWHEAT NOODLES

• CHILDREN RECEIVING MONEY
• EATING OAK-LEAF WRAPPED RICE CAKES
• EATING OAK-LEAF WRAPPED RICE CAKES
WHAT IS THE JAPANESE WORD
FOR THE TEA CEREMONY?

• SADO
 WHAT IS OYAKO-DON
MADE OF ?
• BOILED BEEF ON RICE
• DEEP-FRIED PORK CUTLET ON RICE
• CHICKEN AND EGG ON RICE
• CHICKEN AND EGG ON RICE
IN WHAT SEASON IS
THE O-BON FESTIVAL ?
• WINTER
• SPRING
• SUMMER
• SUMMER
 WHAT DOES THE NAME JAPAN
MEAN?

• LAND OF THE RISING SUN

• THE PLACE NEAR THE OCEAN
• LAND OF GOOD SUSHI
• LAND OF THE RISING SUN
 THE MOST IMPORTANT
CROP GROWN IN JAPAN
IS ?
• CORN
• BEEF
• RICE
• MILLET
• RICE
WHAT IS THE CURRENT ERA AND
WHO IS IT NAMED AFTER?

• REIWA-EMPEROR NARUHITO
 THE NATIONAL SPORT
OF JAPAN IS:

• KARATE
• KENDO
• SUMO
• BASEBALL
• SUMO
DURING A PERIOD OF SILENCE IN A
JAPANESE MEETING YOU SHOULD...

• ASK “WHAT’S WRONG WITH EVERYBODY?!!!”

• BE QUIET
• START SOME SMALL TALK
• BE QUIET
WHAT DOES THE RED CIRCLE ON
THE JAPANESE FLAG REPRESENT?

• THE SUN
 WHO USUALLY MAKES BIG DECISIONS
IN JAPANESE COMPANIES?

• DIRECTOR
• MANAGER
• A TEAM OF COWORKERS
• A TEAM OF COWORKERS
WHERE IS THE 'AWA ODORI'
FESTIVAL HELD?

• TOKUSHIMA
 WHICH OF THESE SHOULD YOU NOT
DO WITH A BUSINESS CARD IN JAPAN?

• WRITE ON IT
• KEEP IT IN A HOLDER
• PUT IT ON THE TABLE
• ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT IT
• WRITE ON IT
 WHERE AT A TABLE DOES THE MOST
SENIOR MEMBER OF A JAPANESE TEAM SIT?

• HEAD OF THE TABLE ON THE RIGHT

• FARTHEST FROM THE DOOR
• HEAD OF THE TABLE ON THE LEFT
• FARTHEST FROM THE DOOR
 WHAT IS THE POPULATION
OF JAPAN?

• JAPAN'S POPULATION IN 2023 IS 123,294,513 PEOPLE

IN A TEAM MEETING, YOUR JAPANESE BOSS
COMPLIMENTS YOU ON YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO AN
IMPORTANT PROJECT. HOW WOULD YOU RESPOND?

• OH, IT WAS NOTHING.

• THANK YOU!
• IGNORE THE COMPLIMENT
• THANK YOU!