Which Japanese festival celebrates the spirits of ancestors and is often associated with the lighting of paper lanterns?

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Which Japanese festival celebrates the spirits of ancestors and is often associated with the lighting of paper lanterns?

B. Obon

C. Hanami

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B. Obon

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Answer 1

A. Tanabata

Answer 2

D. Setsubun

Answer 3

B. Katakana

Answer 4

C. Hiragana

Answer 5

A. Tanabata

Answer 6

D. Setsubun

Answer 7

B. Chanoyu

Answer 8

C. Ikebana

Answer 9

D. Kaiseki

Answer 10

A. Tanabata

Answer 11

D. Setsubun

Answer 12

C. Bunraku

Answer 13

C. Bunraku

Answer 14

C. Bunraku

Answer 15

A. Hayao Miyazaki

Answer 16

B. Isao Takahata

Answer 17

C. Mamoru Hosoda

Answer 18

D. Satoshi Kon

Answer 19

A. Kirigami

Answer 20

B. Origami

Answer 21

C. Tanabata

Answer 22

D. Ikebana

Answer 23

A. Matsuo Basho

Answer 24

B. Yosa Buson

Answer 25

C. Kobayashi Issa

Answer 26

D. Ono no Komachi

Answer 27

B. Chanoyu

Answer 28

C. Ikebana

Answer 29

D. Kaiseki

Answer 30

A. Ikebana

Answer 31

D. Karesansui

Answer 32

B. Katakana

Answer 33

C. Hiragana

Answer 34

A. Sashimi

Answer 35

B. Yakitori

Answer 36

C. Tempura

Answer 37

D. Washoku

Answer 38

C. Bunraku

Answer 39

C. Bunraku

Answer 40

D. Hiroshima

Answer 41

D. Ikebana

Answer 42

B. Mashiko

Answer 43

A. Izumi Shikibu

Answer 44

B. Murasaki Shikibu

Answer 45

C. Sei Shonagon

Answer 46

D. Ono no Komachi

Answer 47

A. Katsushika Hokusai

Answer 48

B. Hiroshige Utagawa

Answer 49

C. Kitagawa Utamaro

Answer 50

D. Sharaku Toshusai

Answer 51

A. Kakebuton

Answer 52

C. Kotatsu

Answer 53

B. Tempura

Answer 54

D. Sashimi

Answer 55

C. Bunraku

Answer 56

B. Kamakura

Answer 57

C. Bunraku

Answer 58

A. Hayao Miyazaki

Answer 59

B. Satoshi Kon

Answer 60

C. Isao Takahata

Answer 61

D. Mamoru Hosoda

Answer 62

A. Sen no Rikyu

Answer 63

B. Murasaki Shikibu

Answer 64

C. Yosa Buson

Answer 65

D. Matsuo Basho

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