| INLANDSEA | Arm of the Pacific Ocean surrounded by the Japanese islands of Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu, known locally as Seto-naikai (6,3) |
| INLAND | The --- Sea lies between the Japanese islands of Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu (6) |
| FUJI | Mountain on the Japanese island of Honshu that is sacred in Shintoism (4) |
| OKAYAMA | City on the Japanese island of Honshu (7) |
| HONSHU | Largest of the Japanese islands (6) |
| OKHOTSK | Sea of ___, that part of the Pacific Ocean surrounded by the Kamchatka Peninsula, Sakhalin Island, Kuril Islands and Siberian mainland (7) |
| NORTHSEA | Arm of the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by countries including England, Scotland, France and Germany (5,3) |
| SHINKANSEN | Japanese word for ""New Trunk Line," the pioneer high-speed passenger rail system of Japan, with lines on the islands of Honshu, Kyushu, and Hokkaido. (10) |
| GUADALCANAL | Largest of the Solomon Islands in the S.W. Pacific which was occupied by the Japanese from 1942-3 (11) |
| MATSUYAMA | Largest city on the Japanese island of Shikoku |
| SAPPORO | Capital of the Japanese island of Hokkaido (7) |
| SUMOALERTS | The tossing of salt and stamping of feet by the Japanese? |
| AINU | Ethnic group native to the Japanese island of Hokkaido (4) |
| GUAM | Pacific island territory of the US which was occupied by the Japanese during WWII |
| CHUBU | Central region of the Japanese island Honshu..., site of Mount Fuji (5) |
| NAGOYA | Capital of the Chubu region on the island of Honshu (6) |
| HIROSHIMA | City on the south coast of the island of Honshu (9) |
| YAMAGUCHI | Japanese city on the island of Honshu, famous for its five storey pagoda (9) |
| OSAKA | Located on the island of Honshu, one of Japan's largest cities (5) |
| MOUNTFUJI | Located on the island of Honshu, volcano which is the highest mountain in Japan (5,4) |
