Mitarai

Mitarai (written: 御手洗) is a Japanese surname. The rough translation is "a place for a purification ceremony with water at the entrance to shrines and temples".

Notable people with the surname include:


 * Fujio Mitarai (御手洗 冨士夫), Japanese businessman
 * Satomi Mitarai (御手洗 怜美), Japanese murder victim
 * Takeshi Mitarai (御手洗 毅), Japanese businessman

Fictional Characters:
 * Ryota Mitarai (御手洗　亮太|) A Character from Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School
 * Susugu Mitarai, a character in My Hero Academia

Other uses

 * Mitarai Dam, a rockfill dam in Kagoshima Prefecture
 * Mitarai, a coastal town on Osaki Shimojima Island in the Seto Inland Sea.
 * Mitarai valley, a mountain valley in the Yoshino-Kumano National Park, Kansai region