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. yabitsu ヤビツ / 矢櫃 quiver for arrows .

. Yabo Tenmangu 谷保天満宮 . Yaho district 谷保 （やほ）/ （やぼ Yabo)

. Yabukooji, Yabukōji 藪小路 Yabukoji alley district, "bamboo thicket" . - Minato

. yabusame 流鏑馬 archery on horseback .


. yadofuda, shukusatsu 宿札 - visitor sign of a lodging .
sekifuda 関札

. Yagenbori 薬研堀 "Yagen Canal".

. Yagiri no watashi 矢切の渡し, the river crossing of Yagiri . - Katsushika
..... Yagiri negi 矢切葱 / 矢切ねぎ leek from Yagiri

. Yaguchi no watashi 矢ノ口渡 river crossing at Yaguchi village .
and the death of Nitta Yoshioki 新田義興 (? - 1358)
- Yaguchi 矢口 / 東矢口

yakata 館　estate with mansion

. yakatabune 屋形船 "palace boat", river cruise boat .
..... gozabune 御座船 boat with goza mat flooring


. yakimono 焼物, setomono 瀬戸物　pottery, crockery .

. yakitsugiya, yakitsugi-ya 焼継屋 repairing broken pottery .
yakitsugishi, yakitsugi-shi　焼継師

. yaku harai, yakuharai　厄払い / 厄はらい　exorcism, driving out bad luck .
- during the Setsubun rituals at the beginning of spring

. Yamabushicho 市谷山伏町 Yamabushi district, Ichigaya.

. Yamashita Ueno 上野山下 - Taito ward .

. Yamazumi Jinja 山住神社 Shrine in Hamamatsu .


. Yanagihara dote 柳原土手 / tsutsumi 柳原堤 Yanagihara embankment .

. Yanagishima 柳島 Yanagishima district . - Meguro

. Yanaka Shichifukujin 谷中七福神 Seven Gods of Good Luck - Pilgrimage Yanaka .

. yaneya 屋根屋 roof maker - craftsman .

. Yanesen 谷根千 - Yanaka, Nezu, Sendagi 谷中・根津・千駄木 .

. yaozen 八百善 Yaozen restaurant in Asakusa .

yari 槍 spear / sojutsu 槍術 art of the spear
yari bugyoo 槍奉行 - magistrate of spears
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. yasai uri 野菜売り vegetable vendor .


. yatai 屋台 food stalls, pushcart stalls .
for sushi, tenpura and soba noodles. "fast food in Edo"

. Yatsumibashi 八ツ見橋 Yatsumi bridge .

. Yayoi 弥生 Yayoi district / Bunkyo .
and - Yayoichō 弥生町 Yayoimachi, Yayoicho district / Nakano


. yobanashi だるま夜話 Story for a Spooky Night .

. Yochoomachi 余丁町 Yochomachi district . - Ushigome, Shinjuku

. yoigoshi no zeni 宵越しの銭 "don't keep money over night .
- spending habits of the Edokko

. Yokoami 横網 Yokoami district . - Sumida

. Yokoyamachoo 日本橋 横山町 Nihonbashi Yokoyama-chō district .
Bakuro-Yokoyama is a now district in Tokyo Shitamachi.


. yomiuri 読売 "reading and selling" the news .

. yoojiten, yooji ten 楊枝店 Yoji, toothpick shop . - Asakusa

yooji kezuri 楊枝削り making toothpicks
. naishoku 内職　home worker, side business .

. yookyuuba 楊弓場 arrow shooting stall .


. yoriki 与力 police inspectors .

. yoroi 鎧 suit of armour /gusoku 具足 - kogusoku 小具足.

. Yoroi no watashi Koami-chō 鎧の渡し小網町 Yoroi Ferry .

. yose engei 寄席演芸 vaudeville theater, variety theater .

. Yoshichoo 芳町 Yoshicho district, now Ningyocho . - Chuo

. Yoshimune, Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune　徳川吉宗将軍 . (1684 - 1751)


. Yoshiwara 吉原 the Pleasure Quarters of Edo .
花魁, Oiran, high-class courtesans
- - - - - . Yoshiwara no yozakura 吉原の夜桜 Viewing Cherry Blossoms at Night in Yoshiwara .

. Yotsuya 四谷 / 四ッ谷 "four valleys" . - Shinjuku


. Yotsumeya　四つ目屋 / 四ツ目屋 .
- - - - - hiyakuseiguya, hiyaku seigu ya 　秘薬性具屋　selling medicine and sex tools
- - - - - otona no omocha-ya 大人の玩具屋 toy store for grown-ups


. yubune 湯船 "bath boat" .
small boats with a bath for rent in Edo
- - - - - - yuya　湯屋　bath house, bathhouse
- - - . yuna 湯女 woman working in a bathhouse .


. yukata 江戸浴衣 Edo Yukata light summer robes　.
and - - Tokyo Honzome Yukata 東京本染ゆかた Indigo-Dyed Summer Kimono


. yukimi 雪見　the culture of Snow Viewing .

. Yumicho / Yumi machi 本郷弓町 Hongo Yumi district "Arrow district" .

. yumi ya　弓矢 bow and arrow - the art of Archery　弓道　Kyudo .

. Yushima 湯島 - Yushima Tenjin Shrine .

. yuukaku, yūkaku 遊廓、遊郭 Yukaku pleasure district, red-light district .

. Yuureizaka, Yūreizaka 幽霊坂 Yureizaka "Ghost slope" . - Mita

. Yuutenji, Yūtenji 祐天寺 Yutenji district . - Meguro

. yuuzen 東京手描友禅 handpainted Yuzen kimono from Edo .


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