Can you name the Prefectures of Japan?

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Prefectures of Japan Quiz

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Published: March 20th, 2009
Category: Geography
Plays: 32,099

Tags: Country Quizzes, prefecture, japan

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	RyanUR:	Mar 20th, 2009 at 04:37 GMT	3 points
	Brutal.

	bradwell:	Mar 20th, 2009 at 04:44 GMT	14 points
	i just named all the japanese baseball teams i knew and got seven. rough, but keep these obscure ones coming

	BBonds54:	Mar 20th, 2009 at 04:48 GMT	3 points
	Shizuoka is spelled wrong

	Emperor_Gestahl:	Mar 20th, 2009 at 04:56 GMT	3 points
	Yeah, they definitely spelled Shizuoka wrong there. The only reason why I didn't get all of them. In regards to Brad's comment, I was actually waiting for them to do something like this since I am living in Japan at the moment. Some people are actually interested in things outside of their own country.

	Chris:	Mar 20th, 2009 at 05:05 GMT	3 points
	Remember to name things you remember about Japan... From movies, sports, events, names, etc... It will really help you out. With a decent knowledge of Japan and a few lucky guesses I got 32

	Liberal:	Mar 20th, 2009 at 05:10 GMT	-1 points
	Thanks for the advice early on.

	Fawkes:	Mar 20th, 2009 at 05:17 GMT	3 points
	Got seven guessing cities I knew. I guess I really don't know a lot about Japan.

	minijunx:	Mar 20th, 2009 at 09:39 GMT	3 points
	I'm Japanese but it took me 12 times to get it all right... shame.

	lulubelles:	Mar 20th, 2009 at 09:47 GMT	2 points
	i got 4, shame on me! @ chris: you're right, if i had gone done down that route i probably could have scraped a few more together. This is a hard one! Oh and brad: did you ever consider that maybe japanese people play sporcle too?

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	JohnJF:	Mar 20th, 2009 at 13:20 GMT	4 points
	Classy, Loose Cannon. Classy.

	Joe_Ball:	Mar 20th, 2009 at 14:30 GMT	1 point
	Could we maybe have a definition of 'prefecture' at the top of the quiz? I wasn't familiar with the term, which after a quick google seems to be roughly analogous to 'county' (from a British understanding).

	zalagreensbury:	Mar 20th, 2009 at 16:01 GMT	0 points
	7/47...cries like baby

	fishmonkey:	Mar 20th, 2009 at 16:18 GMT	4 points
	20/47 - by naming cities I'd heard of. I love these - being the nerd I am, I will learn them all! @JoeGrizzly - I think Sporcle is American not English!

	Evan:	Mar 20th, 2009 at 16:21 GMT	3 points
	Joe Ball, I thought I was the only one who didnt know what it meant, guess Im not not

	jesus:	Mar 20th, 2009 at 16:35 GMT	3 points
	Pokemon is a bonus

	Cuthbert_Twilley:	Mar 20th, 2009 at 16:37 GMT	4 points
	Second time round and I'm just getting major cities, the islands, the ones with names that match famous people like Miyazaki, and, of course, the Fuku ones because of my immature sense of humor.

	SowCrates:	Mar 20th, 2009 at 16:59 GMT	1 point
	basic geography, American military interests or nefarious activities, and Ghost in the Shell got me eight

	clara:	Mar 20th, 2009 at 18:00 GMT	2 points
	i got 6 :(

	zalagreensbury:	Mar 20th, 2009 at 18:48 GMT	0 points
	@Cuthbert: I used that same technique, Miyazaki was the first thing I wrote.

	TV:	Mar 20th, 2009 at 19:32 GMT	1 point
	Argh how did I forget Fukuoka... best placename ever.

	Joe_Ball:	Mar 20th, 2009 at 21:44 GMT	3 points
	@God: I genuinely tried Kanto and Johto before I remembered they were districts of Tokyo.

	mark_oh:	Mar 20th, 2009 at 22:28 GMT	1 point
	bummer I got 10.

	jesus:	Mar 21st, 2009 at 11:29 GMT	2 points
	@JB: lol.

	radiosilence:	Mar 21st, 2009 at 16:38 GMT	1 point
	I have to admit I got one because of a sushi restaurant around here, and another from a movie. 16/47. Ouch.

	BondFan4518:	Mar 21st, 2009 at 16:54 GMT	2 points
	The shame! I'm Japanese and I missed 5 prefectures. Oh dear.

	chambers:	Mar 21st, 2009 at 20:05 GMT	1 point
	only got three. turns out they're the only three i knew

	Joe_Ball:	Mar 22nd, 2009 at 01:07 GMT	3 points
	Phew... after 48 hours... 47/47. This'll be useful someday.

	Dubliner :	Mar 23rd, 2009 at 16:40 GMT	0 points
	I got 8 even though I've spent some time in Japan .Should have remembered at least another three . The only way to learn these is in alphabetical order I suppose ?

	Uhlan:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 18:01 GMT	5 points
	Surprised we don't have a French 'departements' yet.

	chrismet:	Mar 25th, 2009 at 08:09 GMT	0 points
	Very hard quiz but I like ones like this as it's a great way to learn new things about countries. Don't understand the comment from Brad, I might not be interested in NHL quizzes but appreciate that others are.

	Taisei:	Apr 1st, 2009 at 09:01 GMT	1 point
	Yay, they finally did my suggestion. 37/47, could have been better but respectable.

	juusosieni:	Apr 5th, 2009 at 13:07 GMT	1 point
	I got 8, city names + Tottori, Aichi and Hokkaido. I keep trying until I get 15.

	juusosieni:	Apr 5th, 2009 at 13:18 GMT	2 points
	Woohoo, 17 :).

	Joe_Ball:	Apr 29th, 2009 at 16:27 GMT	0 points
	@ Dubliner: I learnt them by grouping those with similar sounds - Gifu and Fukui, Shizuoka and Fukuoka and so on. Although as I understand it, in the USA they do it west to east, and there's a set order, which I don't think there is for Japan.

	Zac:	May 3rd, 2009 at 20:53 GMT	0 points
	I learned them by region. There are 8 regions of Japan: Kyushu(which includes Okinawa), Shikoku, Chugoku, Kansai(aka Kinki), Chubu, Kanto, Tohoku and Hokkaido. Compartmentalizing them like this might help.

	Iceberg:	May 5th, 2009 at 22:43 GMT	-1 points
	24/47. I am relieved that I got all prefectures on Kyushu since I've been there twice.

	GeoExpert:	May 26th, 2009 at 03:39 GMT	1 point
	The only ones I got were the cities. Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Saga, Nagasaki, and Hiroshima. Also got Hokkaido and Okinawa