Kumamoto (city, prefecture)
badger; Eurasian badger (Meles meles); defensive opening for shogi
polar bear (Ursus maritimus)
pilgrimage to the three main Kumano shrines
Three Main Kumano Shrines (Kumano Hongu Taisha, Kumano Nachi Taisha, Kumano Hayatama Taisha)
Hodgson's hawk eagle (Nisaetus nipalensis); mountain hawk-eagle
the average Joe; your average nice guy; Joe Blow; Joe Bloggs
pilgrimage to the three main Kumano shrines
Ainu bear-sacrifice festival; Iomante
black rat (Rattus rattus); roof rat
Ainu bear-sacrifice festival; Iomante
bear-sacrifice ceremony; ritual killing of a bear
kami of the three main Kumano shrines
three main Kumano Shrines (Kumano Hongu Taisha, Kumano Nachi Taisha, Kumano Hayatama Taisha)
clownfish (Amphiprioninae spp., esp. the yellowtail clownfish, Amphiprion clarkii); anemone fish
crested honey buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus); Oriental honey buzzard; pern
Japanese hornbeam (Carpinus japonica)
common vervain (Verbena officinalis); common verbena
Berchemia racemosa (species of flowering plant related to buckthorn)
Japanese carpenter ant (Camponotus japonicus)
Dryopteris lacera (species of wood fern)