Ibaraki Place-Name Challenge articles
Ibaraki Place-Name Challenge local-knowledge articles — history, food and place names, with sources. Prep for "Place-Name Reading Quiz".
- Decoding Western Ibaraki's hard-to-read place namesKoga Kubo, Yuki silk, and reclaimed-land naming patterns behind western Ibaraki hard-to-read place names, across nine Kensei municipalities.
- Tracing the origins of Kensei's place namesTakasai, Mitsukaidou, Shimeba, Kinu: nine Kensei place names, sorted into confirmed origins and unconfirmed ones.