local self-government, autonomy

(slang) person who lives outside of the major Japanese metropolitan areas (often in reference to hindered access to physical forms of cultural phenomena such as promotional events)

the Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori, and Shimane)

the northeast region of Japan, specifically the northernmost six prefectures in Honshu (clockwise from the northermost): 青森県 (Aomori-ken), 岩手県 (Iwate-ken), 宮城県 (Miyagi-ken), 福島県 (Fukushima-ken), 山形県 (Yamagata-ken), 秋田県 (Akita-ken).

a Japanese river otter (Lutra lutra whiteleyi)

a Japanese tree frog (Dryophytes japonicus)

a Japanese wolf, Canis lupus hodophilax

bunch-flowered narcissus (Narcissus tazetta)

Synonym of 赤腹井守 (akahara imori, “Japanese fire belly newt”)

Japanese mint (Mentha canadensis)