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)

joke around, goof around / (offensive) bullshit

come home in triumph

Archaic form of 山城 (“Yamashiro Province, an old province of Japan”).

a surname

a Japanese dormouse (Glirulus japonicus)

a surname