{"rewrite":{"id":"r_28f6351c540bbcf38031fa29","clusterId":"c_4e6684548e0ba0c1e3bb45ac","slug":"browser-game-i-ll-guess-your-hometown-spreads-on-social-media","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Browser Game 'I'll Guess Your Hometown' Spreads On Social Media","summary":"The browser game 'I'll Guess Your Hometown' (Shusshinchi, Atemasu) drew attention after a stream by Takechika.NK starting October 27. Players answer two-choice questions about food, dialects, school events, local shops, and weather, and a 3D map of Japan narrows the answer. The game holds 214 questions covering all 47 prefectures, and judging usually finishes in 10 questions.","whyItMatters":"The game's appeal is regional trivia specific enough that players recognize their own prefecture in the questions, which is what turns a browser quiz into a shareable social media topic.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eAnswers from each playthrough are pooled anonymously and used to judge the next player. That pool feeds a map view called \u0026#39;Everyone\u0026#39;s Borderline,\u0026#39; which colors prefectures by things like the east-west split on whether nikujaga uses beef or pork, and the line moves toward the actual answer as more people play.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOther modes reverse the setup. In \u0026#39;Guess It\u0026#39; the computer picks a hidden hometown and the player chooses questions, with three hints (East or West Japan, whether it faces the sea, which region) that each cost a turn. A daily mode, \u0026#39;Today\u0026#39;s Hometown,\u0026#39; gives players nationwide the same theme to compare results.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQuestions are drawn randomly each time. The results screen also reports how rare a player\u0026#39;s answers are as an approximate one-in-how-many-people figure.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"'I'll Guess Your Hometown' narrows 47 prefectures in about 10 questions from 214 two-choice prompts, so the fun sits in the local shorthand players already share, not the deduction.","twitterPost":"'I'll Guess Your Hometown' reaches the answer in about 10 questions, so the local shorthand players already share does the real guessing, not the logic.","threadsPost":"'I'll Guess Your Hometown' covers all 47 prefectures in 214 two-choice questions, and a run usually resolves in about 10. The winning detail is local shorthand people already share, so the game reads them rather than testing them.","newsletterBlurb":"A browser game called 'I'll Guess Your Hometown' has people posting about the local references it uses to pin down where they are from. Questions cover food, dialects, school events, local shops, and weather across all 47 prefectures. A stream by Takechika.NK starting October 27 brought it wider attention.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Denfaminicogamer\",\"url\":\"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/2610282j\",\"title\":\"Game 'I'll Guess Your Hometown' That Identifies Your Birthplace Through Two-Choice Questions Becomes a Hot Topic on Social Media; People Keep Having Their Hometowns Figured Out Through Local References\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":5194,"outputTokens":777,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1793178268,"createdAt":"2026-10-28T08:58:51.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-28T09:03:25.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-28T09:03:25.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_4e6684548e0ba0c1e3bb45ac","canonicalTitle":"“出身地”を2択問題で特定していくゲーム『出身地、当てます』がSNSで話題に。ご当地ネタを前に出身地を見抜かれてしまう人が続出","representativeArticleId":"a_ac057273fee55c38b1043fb2","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Shusshinchi, Atemasu\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-28T08:26:33.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-28T08:26:33.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-28T09:03:24.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Denfaminicogamer","url":"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/2610282j","title":"“出身地”を2択問題で特定していくゲーム『出身地、当てます』がSNSで話題に。ご当地ネタを前に出身地を見抜かれてしまう人が続出"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Shusshinchi, Atemasu"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["'I'll Guess Your Hometown' (Shusshinchi, Atemasu) is played free in a browser.","The game contains 214 questions covering traits of all 47 prefectures.","Judging usually ends in 10 questions and can continue as overtime for up to 25.","Takechika.NK streamed the game starting October 27, and it became a social media topic.","Players' answers are pooled anonymously and used to judge the next player."],"pageLinks":{"healthSlugs":["shusshinchi-atemasu"],"storySlugs":[],"entities":[{"slug":"shusshinchi-atemasu","supported":0,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":1,"overall":"unverified","story_count":1,"has_dossier":false}],"stories":[],"entitiesOk":true,"storiesOk":true}}