Aomori (city, prefecture)
Hakodate (city in Hokkaido)
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers