Aomori Kaido Highway

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. Kaido 街道 the old highways .
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Aomori no Kaido 青森の街道 Highways of Aomori prefecture

This includes various highways, some only connecting places in Aomori, others passing through.

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source : uraken.net/chimei...

青森県の旧街道と宿場町名　Old map of the Kaido and postal stations of Aomori
- a source with more details

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八戸街道 Hachinohe Kaido

The starting point is 八戸城 the castle of Hachinohe,
connecting the castle with three other highways:

nobori kaido 登り街道 "upward Kaido"
from Hachinohe in Aomori going South to Ninohe, Fukuoka in Iwate
青森県八戸市 - 岩手県二戸市福岡

Sannohe Kaido 三戸街道
from Hachinohe Castle to 奥州街道三戸宿 the postal station Sannohe of the Oshu Kaido.

Kuji Kaido 久慈街道
from Hachonohe Castle to 岩手県久慈市 Kuji city in Iwate (former 九戸郡大川目村 Kunohe district, Okawame village).
It was a steep mountain road via 鍛冶町 Kajimachi, 田代 Tashiro, 大野 Ono, 夏井 Itsuki and 八日町 Yokamachi over the mountains to 久慈代官所 the magistrates office in Kuji.
Kuji is now located in Iwate.
...The area of present-day Kuji was part of ancient Mutsu Province.
... From the Kamakura period, the area came under the control of the Nanbu clan, and during the Edo period, was part of Hachinohe Domain under the Tokugawa shogunate. The area was noted for its production of ironsand, essential in the production of Japanese swords.
------ Mutsu Province (陸奥国 Mutsu no kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area of Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate and Aomori Prefectures and the municipalities of Kazuno and Kosaka in Akita Prefecture.
Mutsu Province is also known as Ōshū (奥州) or Michinoku (陸奥 or 道奥). The term Ōu (奥羽) Ou is often used to refer to the combined area of Mutsu and the neighboring province Dewa, which together make up the entire Tōhoku region.
..... In 1095, the Ōshū Fujiwara clan settled at Hiraizumi,
- - - More in the WIKIPEDIA !

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Hachinohe city 八戸市
... the second biggest city of Aomori prefecture.
... The area around Hachinohe has been occupied since prehistoric times,...
... During the Edo period, it was initially part of Morioka Domain, but in 1664 the Tokugawa shogunate authorized the creation of a separate 20,000 koku Hachinohe Domain for a junior line of the Nanbu clan. The town prospered as a castle town centered on Hachinohe Castle, and served as a small commercial centre and port for the fishing grounds off southeastern Hokkaido.
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弘前街道 Hirosaki Kaido
弘前市 Hirosaki city, 平川市 Hirakawa city, 黒石市 Kuroishi city and 南津軽郡 Minami-Tsugaru district (South).

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Hirosaki is a city located in western Aomori Prefecture,
... Hirosaki developed as a castle town for the 100,000 koku Hirosaki Domain ruled by the Tsugaru clan.
... During the Sengoku period a local retainer of the Nambu, Ōura Tamenobu, declared his independence (1571) and seized local castles. He pledged fealty to Toyotomi Hideyoshi at the Battle of Odawara in 1590, and was confirmed in his holdings with revenues of 45,000 koku. He also changed his name to "Tsugaru". After siding with Tokugawa Ieyasu at the Battle of Sekigahara, he was re-confirmed in his holdings with a nominal kokudaka of 47,000 koku and he began construction of a castle in Takaoka (present-day Hirosaki). This marked the start of Hirosaki Domain under the Tokugawa shogunate.
His successor, Tsugaru Nobuhira, completed the castle in 1611, but its massive 5-storey donjon was lost to lightning in 1627.
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. Ōshū Kaidō 奥州街道 Oshu Kaido .
connecting Edo with the Mutsu Province in Tohoku, then on to Hokkaido.
In Aomori the postal stations from 99 to 112 are located :

099. 三戸宿 - Sannohe
100. 浅水宿 - Asami
101. 五戸宿 - Gonohe
102. 伝法寺宿 - Denboji
103. 藤島宿 - Fujishima
104. 七戸宿 - Shichinohe
105. 野辺地宿 - Noheji
106. 馬門宿 - Makado
107. 小湊宿 - Kominato -- start of Tsugaru district
108. 野内宿 - Nouchi
109. 青森宿 - Aomori
110. 油川宿 - Aburakawa
111. 平舘宿 - Tairadate
112. 三厩宿 - Minmaya -- end of Tsugaru district

. Yoshitsune Temple Gikeiji at Minmaya　義経寺三厩村 .

平舘宿 - Tairadate

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Shimokita Hanto 下北半島, Shimokita-hantō - Shimokita Peninsula

source : uraken.net/chimei...

- 下北上北街道 Shimokita Kamikita Kaido

むつ市 Mutsu city, 大間町 Oma town, 風間浦村 Kazamaura village, 佐井村 Sai village, 東通村 Higashidori village, 　
上北地区 Kamikita area:
横浜町 Yokohama town, 六ヶ所村 Rokkasho village, 三沢市 Misawa city, おいらせ町 Oirase town, 六戸町 Hachinohe, 七戸町 Shichinohe, 十和田市 Towada city, 東北町 Tohoku town, 上北町 Kamikita town, 野辺地町 Noheji town.

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. Tanabu Kaido 田名部街道 Tanabu Highway .
connecting 野辺地 Noheji with 田名部 Tanabu (むつ市 Mutsu city).

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津軽街道 Tsugaru Kaido

五所川原市 Goshogawara city, つがる市 Tsugaru city, 西津軽郡 Nishi-Tsugaru district (West) and 北津軽郡 Kita-Tsugaru district (North)

. 津軽弘法大師霊場 Kobo Daishi Pilgrims in Tsugaru .

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This Kaido has also been called
. Kazuno Orai 鹿角往来 / Kazuno Kaido 鹿角街道. .

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. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

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三戸郡 Sannohe 南郷村 Nango mura village

. A fox called オバフトコロ Obafutokoro. .
and kurosato 黒砂糖 brown sugar

Hachinohe also has some legends about foxes.

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是川村 Korekawa village

At the junction of the road from Hachinohe to Korekawa village there is a memorial for 庚申 the Koshin deity.
Some people see it, others do not. They are bewitched by a fox.

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三戸郡 Sannohe district 南郷村 Nango village

On the way back home from Hachinohe, a fox had stolen the load of fish in his backpack.
Another fox had imitated the sound of rain and made a man unload his luggage in a dry place, from where it later disappeared.
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The horse leader 仁太郎 Nintaro was on his way home from Hachinohe, when he met a fox. The fox said in a human voice:
"I am the father of Nintaro, so please give me some fish!"
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Around 1900, a man was on his way home from the the famous Hachinohe festival, when he was tricked by a fox. He saw the buckwheat field as a river and wanted to cross this river, shouting "Whow, this is deep, this river is so deep!".
Eventually he came to his senses and found the way home.

source : 八戸三社大祭
. Hachinohe Sansha Taisai 八戸三社大祭 Big Festival .

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七戸町 Shichinohe town

On ヤマコシロ Mount Yamakoshiro in 倉岡 Kuraoka is a place where the local foxes come together. They seem to perform 源平八嶋の合戦 the legend of the Genpei fight at Yashima island war a long time ago.
On a rainy night they seem to perform special plays.
The foxes are known as 鶴ノ児平のツンコ Shinko、長下平のナンコ Nanko、洞内の館のアンコ Anko、三本木平のサンコ Sanko、千歳社のセンコ Senko、赤沼きっくり沢のキンコ Kinko、蒲ノ沢のガンコ Ganko.
Shinko, Nanko and Sanko are especially famous and must have performed a lot of wicked deeds.

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九戸郡 Kunohe 軽米町 Karumai town
If one walks along the Hachinohe Kaido and gives some fish to the fox on the road, he will not be bewitched.
If one does not give any fish, back home the backpack basket will be filled with bafun 馬糞 horse manure.

. kitsune densetsu 狐と伝説 fox legends .

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- reference : nichibun yokai database -

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7/02/2019

Aomori Kaido Highway

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