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Across 1. This remains a staple food in the Japanese diet. 3. Name for a rice field. 4. The name of the largest and most famous mountain in Japan. 9. Country who's name means "great land of the rising sun". 11. A military ruler of Japan during the feudal period. 13. A tropical cyclone or windstorm. 14. To give up a throne. 17. The preparation and drinking of tea in a service that follows strict rules. 20. A chain of many islands. 21. A person sent from a church on religious task, often to convert others. 22. A form of Japanese theatre with stylized acting and music in which males play all the roles. 23. This type of crab looks prehistoric and is found in central Japan. 25. An orange coloured fruit that tastes sweet and resembles a tomato. 27. Reflecting and concentrating in silence. 28. Warriors who worked for powerful lords and eventually took control of Japan. 29. A coating that was used on samurai armour that creates a durable, glossy surface when dry. 30. Samurai warrior without a master.

Down 1. A person's position in society. 2. Someone who owes their loyalty to a lord. 5. A period of military rule by a shogun. 6. A social grouping of related families. 7. A word that means "the Divine Wind" and was also used by suicide pilots in World War II. 8. A great feudal lord. 10. To reunite, to bring together as one again. 12. A Japanese game played with black and white stones on a marked board. 15. Describing the surface characteristics of a region such as its lakes, rivers and mountains. 16. The long-sword of samurai warrior. 18. A way that samurai tied their hair in a high bun on the top of their head. 19. Loyalty to one's country. 24. To acquire money by means of threats 26. A boiling hot spring that shoots steam and a column of water into the air at intervals.