Mitsu Kaido Highway

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Mitsu Kaido 三津街道 Mitsu Highway
From Ehime, Matsuyama castle (松山市大手町 Matsuyama Otemachi) to 三津浜 Mitsuhama beach.

Now National Route Nr. 19 - 松山港線 Matsuyama Kosen - Matsuyama harbour road / about 10 km long.
三津港 Mitsuminato harbour / 三津浜 Mitsuhama beach
Passing 梅津寺町 Baishinji town and 高浜町 Takahama town.

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Matsuyama was in medieval times part of the Iyo-Matsuyama Domain, a fiefdom of Iyo Province consisting mainly of a castle town, supporting Matsuyama Castle. There was a nearby village at Dōgo Onsen to the east and a port somewhat farther to the west at Mitsuhama providing a link to the Japanese mainland (Honshū) and Kyūshū.
Mitsuhama (三津浜), formerly also known as Mitsugahama, is the main port of Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan.
In October, 1888, the Iyotetsu light railway line connecting Mitsuhama with Matsuyama began operation.
Mitsuhama absorbed the village of Furumitsu in 1925 and Shinhama in 1937.
In 1940 Mitsuhama was merged into the city of Matsuyama.
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Matsuyama (松山市 Matsuyama-shi)
is the capital city of Ehime Prefecture on the island of Shikoku in Japan and also Shikoku's largest city,
The city is known for its hot springs (onsen), among the oldest in Japan, and is home to the Dōgo Onsen Honkan, a Meiji Period wooden public bathhouse dating from 1894.[A second favorite tourist spot is Matsuyama Castle. Eight of the eighty-eight temples in the Shikoku Pilgrimage are in Matsuyama.
In the 17th century, the lord of Matsuyama castle Sadayuki Matsudaira (松平定行) introduced the process of tart-making, originally brought to Japan by the Portuguese, to Matsuyama. At first it was a Castella with jam. According to legend Sadayuki made some changes, such as adding red bean paste. Now there are many kinds and makers of tarts in Matsuyama; some add yuzu paste or chestnut to the red bean paste.
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. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

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松山市 Matsuyama city

. tanuki 狸 - mujina 狢　－ racoon dog, badger legends .
In Matsuyama lived a badger called おみつ狸 O-Mitsu Tanuki.
Well, once upon a time the entrance to the Mitsu Kaido 三津街道 was called 三津口 Mitsuguchi.
There was a guard station at the entrance.
On a rainy night 佐兵衛 Grandfather Sahei was on duty when he saw a beautiful young women. She stood in the rain without an umbrella and the long sleeve of her Yuzen kimono looked almost like a tail of an animal.
Yes, Sahei had seen a badger all right. He caught her, put a rope around her and tried to smoke her out.
Now he saw it was the Tanuki O-Mitsu trying to lure some fish.

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. Tengu 天狗と伝説 Tengu legends "Long-nosed Goblin" .
The coast line around 三津浜 Mitsuhama has a warm, sub-tropical climate and many reeds grow like small forests on the sand dunes.
In this small forest there lived a Tengu, who played many bad tricks on the villagers.
On a warm spring night they had a big catch and the fishermen saw hi no tama 火の玉 a ball of fire coming from the mountain. They realized that all the fish in their baskets had gone. The ball of fire was twirling around above in the nearby cliff.

. hinotama 天狗と火の玉伝説 Legends about Tengu and fire balls .

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ドンコ Donko, どぐろ Doguro - Dark sleeper fish, Odontobutis obscura

Once upon a time
there was a small pond near 北が森 / 北ヶ森 Kitagamori.

There lived a red Donko and a black Donko of about three feet.
One day an エンコ Enko (Kappa) from 三津が浜 Mitsugahama came to catch them and wanted to eat them at home. On his way there was a daija 大蛇 huge serpent on the way and asked the Donko, where it was going.
The Donko replied "I am going to be grilled when we come to his home!"
When the Enko realized his intentions were known, he became full of fear, let the fish free in their pond at Kitagamori and run away in fear.

. Enko エンコ Kappa from Shikoku .
. daija, orochi 大蛇 huge serpent, great snake legends .

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伊予郡 Iyo district 砥部町 Tobe town

At 底なし沼ドンコが池 the Donko Pond without a bottom there lived a huge Donko.
One day he showed his back while relaxing, so a man caught him and carried him over the pass road. There was nobody else but suddenly he heard a voice:
"Hey, Donko, my friend, where are you going?" The Donko replied:"I am going to be grilled when we come to his home!"
The man was quite surprized, let the fish go and run home as fast as he could.

The same story is told at 喜多郡 Kita district 内子町 Uchiko town
In the pond behind the temple lived a Donko.

The same story is told at 大洲市 Ozu city 肱川町 Hijikawa town
Here the Donko lived in the river pool of the demons 魔の淵.

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京都府 Kyoto

Donba ドンバ is another name for the Kappa, it seems.
The name was also used for the dark sleeper fish, who lived deep down in a pond or swamp. He sometimes pulled swimming children down by their legs.

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気車戻る三津街道や朧月
kisha modoru Mitsu Kaido ya oborozuki

the train comes back
on the old Mitsu Kaido -
hazy moon
. Masaoka Shiki 正岡子規 and 松山 Matsuyama .

. oborozuki 朧月 hazy moon .
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9/06/2019

Mitsu Kaido Highway

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