imagawayaki; thick pancake containing bean jam, served hot
river in which worshippers wash their hands (and rinse their mouth) prior to entering a shrine
to (try to) act like a big-shot
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
to cross the Rubicon; to pass a point of no return
Sanzu River (Buddhist equivalent of the River Styx)
river raised above the surrounding land
Calopteryx cornelia (species of damselfly)
Metagonimus yokogawai (species of intestinal fluke)
river in which worshippers purify themselves before praying
Nakagawa Station (Kanagawa)
Sakuragawa Station (Osaka)
Katsuragawa Station (Hokkaido)
Yanagawa Station (Yamanashi)