deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
road construction; roadworks; road repairs
halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
kernel; core; nucleus; center; centre
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
pedestrian mall; car-free mall; (lit.) pedestrian paradise
entry; approach; penetration
accompaniment for traditional performances (noh, kabuki, etc.); orchestra; band
principal street; main street; major road; thoroughfare
closure (of a road); suspension of traffic; road closed; closed to traffic; no through road
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
sightseer; spectator; viewer
spectators; onlookers; members of the audience
(positive) economic effect
white heat; incandescence; becoming excited; getting heated (e.g. of a discussion); reaching a climax
Awa Odori Festival (Tokushima)
Hakata Dontaku Festival (Fukuoka)
festival; feast; carnival
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)
support; mutual aid; cooperation; approval; authorization; authorisation
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
joining (an association, agreement, etc.); participation; affiliation; accession
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
kind offices; services; through the good offices of; intercession; mediation
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)
kindergartener; preschooler
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
opening (for that day's business; of a library, museum, cinema, etc.); opening (of a new library, museum, cinema, etc.)
kindergarten pupil; kindergartener
to allow; to let (somebody) do; to make (somebody) do
one's own child; one's own children
promotion of regional development; encouragement of local development