pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure
marshy rice field or paddy
field of early-blooming (or ripening) rice
Nishida's philosophy (foundation for the Kyoto school of philosophy)
Sarutahiko (Shinto god); Sarudahiko; Sarutabiko; Sarudabiko
traditional women's hair style, with hair worn up and arched back
Kanda Festival (held at Kanda Myōjin Shrine in Tokyo on May 15)
(collapsible) cylindrical paper lantern
pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure
Sumida River Firework Festival (Tokyo)
privately owned rice field
fruitless discussion; inconclusive discussion
type of woman's hairdo (Edo period)
Yoshida Shinto; fusion of Shinto, Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism stressing traditional Japanese elements
Takada sect (of Shin Buddhism)
Ikeda Elementary School massacre (June 8, 2001)
odamaki mushi; egg custard dish on a base of udon noodles
Harada's disease; Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease; VKH disease
Japanese wisteria (Wisteria floribunda)
Kishida faction (of the Liberal Democratic Party); Kōchikai
egg custard dish on a base of udon noodles
Takaida Station (Higashiōsaka)