Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Writing a fictional story set in Japan, how do I name a village?

Question:


I'm writing a story set in ancient Japan but I'm trying to make up the name of the small village its set in. I want Jigoku (Hell) to be the town name, but I can't figure out the system for naming townships. If the town is in Hokkaido, would the town be called Dojigoku or Jigokudo or something?

Answer:


You use Jigoku for village? wow.

Anyway, you put "mura" at the end. Like Jogoku-mura.

BTW, Hokkaido is a name created in 19th century.

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