Japan Place Name Quiz: Kanji

Can you read "長万部"? Test yourself with 235 of Japan's trickiest place names!

Japan Place Name Quiz is a travel-themed quiz game covering hard-to-read place names from all 47 prefectures of Japan. The app is in Japanese.

HOW TO PLAY Pick a prefecture on the map and take on 5 multiple-choice questions. Look at the kanji place name and choose the correct reading from 4 options. You can retry as many times as you like.

CONQUER THE MAP Answer all 5 questions correctly to "conquer" a prefecture and fill in its tile on the map of Japan. Aim to conquer all 47 prefectures!

COLLECT PLACE NAMES Every place name you answer correctly is added to your collection, along with trivia about its origin.

Perfect for fans of Japanese geography, travel, railways, and kanji. All questions feature real place names in Japan.