skiroule (Kelly?): FWIW, way, way back,when I first saw just the title of this thread last year I thought you were going to be writing about a new made-in-Japan sled,
The "Namesake" (Na me sa ke): ナメサケ(Katakana) なめさけ(Hiragana). or 鮭 (Kanji) = "Salmon"!(?)
Fortunately this thread turned out to be...