the House of Tokugawa; the Tokugawas
Milky Way; luminous band corresponding to the plane of the galaxy
mountain river; mountain stream
Tokugawa shogunate (i.e. the Edo shogunate, 1603-1867)
Akutagawa Prize (literary award)
Tokugawa period (i.e. the Edo period, 1603-1867)
ditch with running water; drainage channel
imagawayaki; thick pancake containing bean jam, served hot
ditch with running water; drainage channel
imagawayaki; thick pancake containing bean jam, served hot
to cross the Rubicon; to pass a point of no return
river in which worshippers wash their hands (and rinse their mouth) prior to entering a shrine
Sanzu River (Buddhist equivalent of the River Styx)
to (try to) act like a big-shot
river raised above the surrounding land
Metagonimus yokogawai (species of intestinal fluke)
river in which worshippers purify themselves before praying
Calopteryx cornelia (species of damselfly)
Nakagawa Station (Kanagawa)
Sakuragawa Station (Osaka)
Katsuragawa Station (Hokkaido)
Yanagawa Station (Yamanashi)