田

Organization name

Tsuda College

dry paddy field

Oriental false hawksbeard (Youngia japonica)

Company name

Ueda Harlow Co., Ltd.

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

Corbicula sandai (species of basket clam)

Food, cooking

taros flavoured with miso and grilled on skewers

Colloquial

parent-child incest

Organization name

Akita Prefectural University

Chinese fringe tree (Chionanthus retusus)

Company name

Kameda Seika Company

Japanese butterbur (Petasites japonicus subsp. giganteus)

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

Tatsutahime; goddess of autumn; goddess of fall

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

Takada sect (of Shin Buddhism)

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

Proverb

the world is a scene of constant changes; a mulberry field changes into a blue sea

Organization name

Setagaya Art Museum