Sannō River

The Sannō River [山笹免; さんのう・み] is a river located in central Zōhai Prefecture. It flows through the towns of Shikima and Modori before depositing into the sea on the prefecture's west coast. Its source lies in the foothills of Mount Taiha, in the Nakahara range.
The river's original name, Rūyo, was in use until the late 1880s. In the Sunpaku language, the name translated literally as 'home of the cherry salmon'. However, the moniker was changed by the Kantonese government to Sannō because the word rūyo sounded too similar to the Kantonese word rōyo, meaning 'death' or literally, 'eternal sleep'. It is still known by some Modori locals as the Rūyo River.
Category:Rivers & Lakes