Clear the Amakusa Local Quiz and earn the Amakusa Local title. Want to know Amakusa even better, or already confident? The tougher courses are next.
This is a quiz about islands, and on islands everything leads back to the sea. Questions cover the village of Sakitsu and the history of the hidden Christians, the white porcelain born of Amakusa pottery stone, the harbor song Ushibuka Haiya-bushi, the wild dolphins gathering off Tsuji Island, and the small aircraft of Amakusa Airline that tie the archipelago to the wider world. Food, festivals, and geography all carry the flavor of salt air and long crossings. The questions favor those who see the islands as locals do, from the waterline rather than the map. Read the tide with the daily challenge question, then set out on the real crossing.
Q1.What are the two large islands at the core of the Amakusa archipelago that make up Amakusa City?
Tanegashima and Yakushima
Etajima and Miyajima
Shodoshima and Naoshima
Amakusa-Kamishima and Amakusa-Shimoshima
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Correct answerAmakusa-Kamishima and Amakusa-Shimoshima
Amakusa City is centered on the two large islands of Amakusa-Kamishima and Amakusa-Shimoshima, but the wider archipelago counts well over 120 islands in total. The two main islands are linked to each other and to the Kyushu mainland by the five bridges of Amakusa Gokyo, and Amakusa-Shimoshima is also home to Amakusa Airport.
Q2.What is the collective name for the five bridges linking Amakusa to the Kyushu mainland?
Shimanami Kaido
Amakusa Gokyo (Five Bridges)
Amakusa Ohashi
Seto Ohashi
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Correct answerAmakusa Gokyo (Five Bridges)
Amakusa Gokyo is the collective name for five bridges, Tenmon, Oyano, Naka-no-hashi, Maejima, and Matsushima, that link Misumi on the Kyushu mainland to Amakusa-Kamishima. The bridges opened in 1966 and are also nicknamed the Amakusa Pearl Line, after the pearl farming once thriving in the waters below.
Q3.What is the nickname of the aircraft operated by Amakusa Airlines?
Tsubasa-go
Hayabusa-go
Mizoka-go
Kamome-go
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Correct answerMizoka-go
Amakusa Airlines' single aircraft is nicknamed Mizoka-go, meaning cute in the Amakusa dialect. The airline began flying between Amakusa and Fukuoka on March 23, 2000, and later upgraded to an ATR42-600, relaunched as the new Mizoka-go.
Q4.How does Amakusa City rank in land area among municipalities in Kumamoto Prefecture?
5th largest
2nd largest
Outside the top 10
Largest in the prefecture
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Correct answerLargest in the prefecture
Amakusa City covers about 683 square kilometers, making it the largest municipality in Kumamoto Prefecture. It was formed in 2006 through the merger of two cities and eight towns, inheriting the combined footprint of all ten former municipalities.
Q5.In what year was Suzuki Shigenari appointed magistrate of Amakusa?
1700
1641
1637
1600
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Correct answer1641
Suzuki Shigenari was appointed magistrate of Amakusa in 1641, after the Shimabara-Amakusa Rebellion was suppressed. He investigated actual production levels, lowered the assessed rice yield to match reality, and requested settlers from western daimyo to rebuild the war-ravaged region.
