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wild giant butterbur

Japanese silverleaf

cold wind descending from the mountains

cold Pacific wind (in the Tōhoku region in summer)

Asiatic dogwood (Cornus officinalis); Japanese cornel; Japanese cornelian-cherry

Organization name

Yamanashi University

glutinous rice with vegetables, esp. wild plants

to pile up; to form into a (huge) pile

speculative spirit

mountain hiker; person engaging in walking activities in the mountains

山杜鵑 only; Word usually written using kana alone

lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus; esp. one living in the mountains)

Tricyrtis macropoda (species of toad lily)

Yanbaru long-armed scarab beetle (Cheirotonus jambar)

mountain hunter

mountain witch

akebia (Akebia quinata)

From when eating animal meat was considered taboo (pre-Meiji)

wild boar meat; mountain whale

wood ant (any ant of genus Formica)

Organization name

Yamanashi Gakuin University

goat hair

San'yō region; region of western Honshu incl. Okayama, Hiroshima, southern Yamaguchi and sometimes western Hyogo prefectures

Mercurialis leiocarpa (species of mercury whose leaves can be used to produce an indigo dye)

mountain fire; bush fire

souvenir from the mountains

Buddhism

Off-Mountain School (of Song-period Tiantai Buddhism)

Rhododendron kaempferi (species of rhododendron)

kanji "mountain" radical at left

kousa dogwood (Cornus kousa); Japanese flowering dogwood