Yamaguchi Place-Name Challenge articles
Yamaguchi Place-Name Challenge local-knowledge articles — history, food and place names, with sources. Prep for "Yamaguchi Place-Name Challenge".
- Decode Yamaguchi's hard-to-read place names緑町 is Midori-cho in Yamaguchi City but Midorimachi in Shunan: five patterns behind Yamaguchi's hard-to-read place names, west to east.
- Read the landscape behind Yamaguchi's place namesSuo and Nagato, Kokuga, the Yamaguchi mint district, kaisaku polders and the Akamagaseki barrier: what Yamaguchi's place names keep.
- Learn Yamaguchi's local names and sayingsSaiban districts, ancient post stations, Hana-no-cho, shiawasemasu and the accent that tells Yamaguchi apart, from public sources.