田

Proverb

avoid compromising situations

black-skinned variety of watermelon

Yoshida Shinto; fusion of Shinto, Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism stressing traditional Japanese elements

Organization name

Tsuda College

shrine ritual held with the first two months of the year to forecast (or pray for) a successful harvest

seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine

Oriental false hawksbeard (Youngia japonica)

Company name

Ueda Harlow Co., Ltd.

to till a rice paddy; to plough a rice paddy (plow)

rusticity; provincialism

dark soba

From a Chinese legend

the world is a scene of constant changes (as a mulberry field changing into a blue sea)

East Asian sage (Salvia japonica)

Organization name

Toyota Industries Corporation

Organization name

Akita Prefectural University

Chinese fringe tree (Chionanthus retusus)

Company name

Kameda Seika Company

bowmouth guitarfish (Rhina ancylostoma); mud skate; shark ray

pre-harvest estimate of a rice field's yield and selling price

skewered fish (or vegetables, etc.) coated with miso and cooked

Proverb

even in bustling cities there are places that have a rural quality to them; (even) Kyoto is rustic in places

Organization name

Akita University

Organization name

Kanda University of International Studies

Akita Kantō Festival (3-6 August)

shrine ritual held within the first two months of the year to forecast or pray for a successful harvest

seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine