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[For Seniors] Fun Brain Training! Prefecture Quiz

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Even if you’re familiar with the prefectures you’ve lived in or been involved with, there are probably many prefectures you don’t know much about, right?

In this article, we’ll introduce quizzes centered around “prefectures”!

There are many types, such as quizzes related to names, ones where you look at a map and answer, and ones where you answer based on photos, so feel free to try anything that looks interesting.

You might discover a new prefecture to love, or find yourself reminiscing about places you’ve been.

These are also recommended as recreational activities at day-service centers and other care facilities.

[For Seniors] Fun Brain Training! Prefecture Quiz (21–30)

Prefecture Silhouette Quiz

Let’s learn the prefectures and their capitals by their silhouettes!

Prefecture Silhouette Quiz

This is a quiz where you show the silhouette of a prefecture and have people guess which one it is.

When the silhouette is shown in isolation, it becomes quite difficult because you can’t tell which other prefectures it borders or whether it has a coastline.

Even for places you live in, you might not know their shape, so it could be fun to develop the quiz from that angle.

If no one can reach the answer, it’s a good idea to give hints such as where the sea is located, where the prefectural capital is, or characteristic place names and local specialties.

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Japan Map Quiz

Japan Map Quiz: Learn the names of Japan’s prefectures with a map!

Japan Map Quiz

It’s a quiz that uses a map of Japan—something you’ve probably seen many times in daily life.

Using a map with prefectural borders, you’ll be asked to identify specified prefectures in sequence.

Even if people know the names of the prefectures, some may not be sure where they’re located.

For those people, this might be a tough challenge.

By having participants answer in an order such as from the top of the map downward and revealing correct answers one after another, they may also come up with answers by association with neighboring prefectures.

It’s a quiz that helps you learn where each prefecture is while also training your intuition.

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Among Nagano Prefecture, Mie Prefecture, Oita Prefecture, Ibaraki Prefecture, and Yamaguchi Prefecture, which one is the odd one out?

If you’re good at geography, this is a piece of cake! The answer to “Which one is the odd one out among Nagano, Mie, Oita, Ibaraki, and Yamaguchi Prefectures?” is Nagano! Even after hearing the answer, some people might not immediately get it, but Nagano is the only one among them that doesn’t face the sea—it’s landlocked.

People connected to Nagano or those who know geography well might get it without any hints.

However, for many, it’s a fairly tricky question.

If you open a map of Japan and point to each prefecture, it may become easier to arrive at the answer by noticing, “Inland—no sea!”

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Which prefecture are the Ogasawara Islands in?

The Ogasawara Islands are the administrative area of Ogasawara Village in Tokyo.

The term “Ogasawara Islands” refers collectively to islands such as Chichijima, Iwo Jima, and Okinotorishima, which lie about 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo in the Pacific Ocean.

Although it is said that the Ogasawara Islands were discovered in 1593, they had no permanent residents and remained uninhabited for roughly 17 years until 1830.

Because these islands have been isolated by the sea and have never been connected to a continent since their formation, they have developed many unique ecosystems through independent evolution.

For this reason, they were inscribed as a UNESCO World Natural Heritage site in 2011.

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In which prefecture is Kinkazan (Mount Kinka), where Oda Nobunaga established his base to unify the country?

Gifu Prefecture is home to Mount Kinka, where Oda Nobunaga established his headquarters to unify the realm.

For seniors who enjoy history, this might be an easy question.

Gifu Castle was built atop Mount Kinka.

The region where Gifu Castle stood—now Gifu Prefecture—was once called Mino, and there was a saying: “He who controls Mino controls the realm.” Perched on the sheer cliffs at the summit of Mount Kinka, Gifu Castle was renowned as an impregnable fortress due to its elevation and commanding views, and it’s said the Oda clan struggled to capture it from Saitō Dōsan.

How about learning some Sengoku-period trivia together with the seniors?

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