Play Japan Trivia Online
36 questions · 2 to 20 players · free
From Hokkaido to Okinawa.
Chart the Japan roundNo app, no account. Your friends join with a 4 letter code.
Round up your friends and play a live Japan trivia round right now. 36 questions in the bank, shuffled fresh every game. One person starts a room, everyone else joins with a 4 letter code from any phone or laptop. No signup, no app, no setup, and it is free for up to 20 players.
Sample questions
18 of 36- 01What is the capital city of Japan?
- 02What is the name of Japan's highest mountain, a snow-capped volcano southwest of Tokyo?
- 03In Japan, the word sakura refers to which beloved springtime sight?
- 04What does the Japanese word arigatou mean?
- 05The red circle on Japan's national flag represents what?
- 06Which traditional Japanese sport features two wrestlers trying to force each other out of a circular ring?
- 07For more than a thousand years before Tokyo, which city served as Japan's imperial capital?
- 08Which is the largest of Japan's four main islands, home to both Tokyo and Kyoto?
- 09In the city of Nara, over a thousand of which animals roam freely and bow to visitors for crackers?
- 10In Japan, what is an onsen?
- 11A torii, the traditional red gate seen across Japan, typically marks the entrance to what?
- 12Tonkotsu, a rich and creamy style of ramen broth, is made by boiling what for hours?
- 13Known for its subtropical beaches, which prefecture is Japan's southernmost?
- 14In August 1945, atomic bombs were dropped on Nagasaki and which other Japanese city?
- 15Japan's own name for itself, Nihon, roughly translates to what?
- 16Mount Fuji is an active volcano. In which century did it last erupt?
- 17Which Kyoto shrine is famous for its winding tunnels of thousands of red torii gates?
- 18The world's first bullet train line, the Shinkansen, opened in 1964 to link Tokyo with which city?
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How it works
- Start a room. Pick Japan and hit play. You get a 4 letter code.
- Friends join. They open the site, type the code, and pick a nickname. Nothing to install.
- Answer fast. Speed and streaks both score, so the fastest right answer wins the round.
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