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).

(historiography) Chinese local chronicle

local newspaper

Setouchi Region: Region of Japan's inland sea (the body of water separating Honshū, Shikoku, and Kyūshū, three of the four main islands of Japan) and coastal areas roundabout

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)

原書: original document, original work / 原初: source, first, original / 厳暑: extreme heat

源流: source of something, especially a river

病原体: pathogen, causal agent of a disease

病原: cause or source of a disease, pathogenesis, etiology