The Ibaraki QUIZ

What do you know about Mito Kōmon??

How well do you know the prefecture you live in?
Get a pen and paper ready and try out this quiz to test your knowledge of Ibaraki.
Answers are at the bottom so don't scroll down and cheat. . . .

1. What is food Ibaraki most famous for?

2. What is the population of Ibaraki to the nearest 10,000?

3. What rank is it in Japan's population?

4. How many gaijins are there in Ibaraki to the nearest 1,000?

5. Which nationality is most highly represented in Ibaraki?

6. What are the 5 regions of Ibaraki called in Japanese?

7. How big is Lake Kasumigaura in square kilometres?

8. What is the longest river in Ibaraki?

9. True or false?: Ibaraki has the 2nd longest amount of roads in Japan

10. On average, how many high school students are there in Ibaraki for every teacher?

11. What year was Mito Kōmon born and when did he die?

12. On average, how many car accidents fatalities are there every year for every 10,000 people in Ibaraki ?

13. What is the name of Ibaraki's airport? And where will you be able to fly to in a few years when it opens?

14. Name 2 agricultural products that Ibaraki farms more than 20% of Japan's total

15. Which prefectures does Ibaraki share its borders with?

16. Name the three towns that became Ōmitama city

17. Kairakuen is one of the top 3 parks in Japan. Where are the other two?

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And the answers are:

1. Nattō

2. 2,985,424

3. 11th

4. 54,297 (as of Dec 2005)

5. China, Brazil, Korea

6. Kenou, Kennan, Rokko, Kensei, Kenpoku

7. 168km squared

8. Tōne, 133.96km

9. True

10. 14.3

11. 1628-1700

12. 104.1

13. Hyakuri - Ōsaka, Hokkaido, Okinawa

14. Rice, gladiolus, lotus root, spring lettuce, hakusai, melon, chestnuts,

15. Tochigi, Fukushima, Chiba, Saitama

16. Ogawa, Minori, Tamari

17. Kenrokuen (Ishikawa), Korakuen (Okayama)

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How did you score?
1 - 5: You need to eat some more nattō to get acclimatized to life in Ibaraki.
6 - 10: You have started to drive like Ibaraki people, running yellow lights.
11 - 17: You must have been born in Ibaraki in a past life! Go home, put your sweat pants on, east some nattō and go out to Joyful Honda for the day.