Machida city

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. Famous Places and Powerspots of Edo　江戸の名所 .
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Machida shi 町田市 Machida city "city of fields"
Now close to Kanagawa prefecture, Yokohama and Kawasaki.

This city is already mentioned in the records of the Sengoku Jidai.
The part to the East of Kamakura Kaido was Hon-Machida. Nearby are relics of the Jomon and Yayoi period.
When more farmers came to live here, they developed more fields, according to special development plans,
hence the name.

In the Edo period, there were two cities,
Hon-Machida Mura 本町田村　
and
Hara-Machida Mura 原町田村, to the South of Hon-Machida.
Hara-Machida was a large area of wilderness, later developed to fields.
The adjacent district of 相模原　Sagamihara in Kanagawa prefecture carries the same meaning of HARA.

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Machida is a city located in the western portion of Tokyo Metropolis.
Machida is located in the Tama Hills of southern Tokyo Metropolis, bordered by Kanagawa Prefecture on the west, south, and east approximately 40-50 kilometers from the center of Tokyo. The Tama River flows through the city.
- - - - - History
The area of present-day Machida was part of ancient Musashi Province.
In the post-Meiji Restoration cadastral reform of July 22, 1878, the area became part of Minamitama District in Kanagawa Prefecture.
The village of Machida was created on April 1, 1889 with the establishment of municipalities law. Minamitama District was transferred to the administrative control of Tokyo Metropolis on April 1, 1893. Tama was elevated to town status on April 1, 1913. The town was bombed by American forces on May 24, 1945 during World War II
Machida expanded through annexation of the neighboring village of Minami on April 1, 1954, followed by the villages of Tsurukawa, Tadao and Sakai on February 1, 1958 to become the city of Machida.
A USMC RF-8A crashed in Machida on April 1, 1964.
From 1973, the Tama New Town development resulted in a rapid increase in population, turning the city into a bedroom community for Tokyo and Yokohama.
- source : wikipedia

. Musashi no Kuni 武蔵国 Musashi Province .
Musashino Plain 武蔵野

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Machida Footpath フットパス Foot Path project

- reference source : city.machida.tokyo.jp... -

Inspired by projects in England, a group of citizens developed part of the extreme rural areas, making foot paths for easy walking on a Sunday excursion.
They have a detailed guide book with various paths along the fields, rivers and woods.

１大戸から草戸山
（エリア地図、散策コースガイド、寄り道ガイド、立ち寄りショップ情報、景観情報、路線バス・停留所ガイド）
２相原から七国峠
３多摩境から絹の道
４小山田から常磐・小山
５小野神社から小野路界隈
６薬師ヶ丘から七国山
７町田駅から原町田界隈
８金森から下鶴間
９成瀬尾根から長津田
10三輪から王禅寺
- reference source : midorinoyubi-footpath.jp... -

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. kinu no michi 絹の道 the Silk Roads of Japan .
Passing through Machida.
From Hachioji to Yokohama.

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Buaisoo, Buaisō 武相荘 Buaiso villa

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Buaisō (武相荘) is the former home of post-war Japanese bureaucrat Jirō Shirasu and his wife Masako Shirasu, located in Machida. The name was derived from an amalgamation of kanji for the former provinces of Musashi and Sagami, as its location is near the border between the two provinces.
The house was a traditional farm house,
located in what was then a rural area of Minamitama District, Tokyo. It was acquired by the Shirasu family in October 1942 while Jirō Shirasu was still a businessman working for the predecessor of Nichirei Corporation. Predicting that his residence in Shinjuku in downtown Tokyo would be endangered due to the worsening war situation in World War II and to avoid possible food shortages. His foresight paid off when his Shinjuku house was destroyed in the 1945 bombing of Tokyo. In the post-war era, he continued to use the house while working with Prime Minister of Japan Shigeru Yoshida in negotiations with the American occupation authorities.
Jirō Shirasu died in 1985
and his wife in 1998. The house was preserved by the city of Machida as a memorial museum to the couple, and is kept as it appeared when they lived there, with items varying according to the seasons.
The house is a wooden structure constructed in the traditional style with a thatched roof, surrounded by Japanese gardens.
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Buaiso – the Last Residence of the Refined Shirasu Couple
- look at many photos here :
- source : matcha-jp.com... -

. Masako Shirasu 白洲正子 (1910 -1998) .
Her husband was the politician Jiro Shirasu 白洲次郎.

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Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts 町田市立国際版画美術館
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Opened in 1987 as one of the world's few museums dedicated to prints, the Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts now maintains a collection of some 30,000 Japanese and Western prints spanning from the eighth century to today.
Works of exceptional aesthetic value show the history of print art and reveal technological changes, social roles, and other insights as multifaceted works of art. In addition to conservation and research of our collection, the museum's mission is to use its collection to introduce the amazing world of print art through exhibitions on diverse themes. As a comprehensive venue for appreciating, creating, and displaying art for the public and our community, we offer a variety of facilities, including rental exhibition spaces and print studio.
Museum events and lectures of all kinds bring together local residents and visitors into this center for art and cultural exchange in Machida.
We invite you to stroll through Serigaya Park and visit the museum nearby for an intimate encounter with art.
- source : hanga-museum.jp/english -

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. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

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. kitsune densetsu 狐と伝説 fox legends .
Sometimes a fox comes along, carrying a lantern and making the sound like a car.
When this apparition comes too close, it suddenly disappears.
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Once a boｙ needed to go to the toilet at school. When he passed the sports hall, he heard the sound of Kagura dance music, like ピイタラピイタラ piitara piitara.
He had been bewitched by a fox in pure daylight and became missing. When they found him later, he said he had been to 七面山 Mount Shishimensan.
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At the temple Shinko-Ji in 真光寺町 Shinkoji town, people never drink tee on 初午の日 the first day of the horse before 10 in the morning.
In former times, a fox had been stealing ears of rice from Izumo and was running away.
He hid under cha no ki 茶の木 a tea tree until 10 in the morning and was thus saved. Thanks to this fox, growing rice became possible for the local farmers.
To take good care of the fox and not hurt him, people do not put hot water over the tea leaves until later.

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chinshoo 沈鐘 the fallen temple bell

Once the temple bell from the 大日堂 Dainichi-Do hall had fallen down and nobody could find it - it had simple disappeared.
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There was a bell at Ropponmatsu 六本松 "Six Pine Trees", but the local fishermen said it was disturbing and asked the officials to take it down. But it was not allowed. So the fishermen took it away secretely at night and threw it into a deep valley. Later they could not find it any more, however much they searched.
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Another bell had been thrown into a well and all the villagers wanted to pull it out again.
But every time when the bell was almost out, the thick rope ruptured and the bell fell back into the well.
Eventually they burried the well and made a memorial mound out of it.

. kane 鐘と伝説 Legends about the temple bell .
tsurigane 釣鐘 hanging temple bell

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- reference : nichibun yokai database -

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8/07/2018

Machida city

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