What Japanese family names do you find cool ?

[ricecake]

hata(秦） clan....they changed 羽田、畠、畠山 、畑田、波多野 .....

Do you have Japanese romanji transcription for these surnames ?

[caster51]

hata(秦） clan....they changed 羽田(hata)、畠(hata)、畠山(hatakeyama) 、畑田(hatada)、波多野(hatano) .....

八田(hatta) and shimazu（島津）clan
Shimazu kamon



http://kodai-musashigaku.m.mepage.jp/newpage28.htm

畠　and 畑　are not from chinese characters
these characters were made in japan

田　means rice field ,you know.

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I think they were
http://f17.aaa.livedoor.jp/~kmaz/keikyo/keikyou-hi.htm
Nestorianism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestorianism

Aren't majority native Japanese surnames related to nature or sort of,can you trace one's family roots to a geographical region in Japan islands other than Korea and China ? Do you have examples ?

if I see my 家紋（kamon) and ask it to family temple that we are supporting, we could find a roots...

There is ancestor's career in the temple, Kyoto is called Ｕzumasa(太秦）
Roma empire in kanji is (大秦帝国）