>Nature
Japan because the climate in Italy is kill (depending on the region).
>History
Neither. It's all a bunch of fairy tales for fools.
>Food
Hard one. I'd say Italy but I like nigiri. However, I only eat salmon and that's not a pure Japanese invention, so I'll stick to Italy here.
>Cinema
Italy hands down. I only watch comedies and Fantozzi beats anything made in Japan that's tagged as "comedy".
>Music
Another hard one. Italy is good at late 1980s Italo but Japan is not far off, and they did borrow a lot of the same style. Let's make it a tie.