On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 07:01:20 +0900, dame_zumari@yahoo.com ( Louise
Bremner) belched the alphabet and kept on going with:

>Prophet of the Way <afu@wta.att.ne.jp> wrote:
>
>> > That's odd--I know I have cloth ears, but I keep hearing it as
>> > "Inokashira". I suppose I'll just have to listen better.
>> 
>> Looks like "Inokashira" is authentic:
>> http://www.keio.co.jp/english/index.html
>
>Wow.

As I crossed 井の頭通り today, I took a quick look at a road sign and
noticed that it is romanized as "Inokashira".

I found that checking for the number of Japan Google hits on
いのかしら vs いのがしら was rather pointless. If you try it for
yourself you'll quickly notice the reason.