Kamaishi Kaido Highway

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. Kaido 街道 Highways - ABC Index .
- Nanbu Kaido, see below
- Kazuno Kaido, see below
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Kamaishi Kaido 釜石街道 Kamaishi Highway
Iwate 岩手県
Connecting 遠野 Tono to the coastal town 釜石 Kamaishi.

The road dated back to the middle ages and the 阿曾沼氏 Asonuma clan.
Later it connected 閉伊郡横田村 Yokota village via the pass 仙人峠 Sennin Toge and along the river 甲子川 Kasshigawa with 閉伊郡平田村 Hirata village at the 浜街道 Sanriku Hama Kaido beach road.

- Postal stations along the Kamaishi Kaido
Tono 遠野宿
Kasshi 甲子
Kamaishi 釜石

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Sennin Tooge 仙人峠 Sennin Pass, 887 m
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Sennin-toge Pass is one of the main spots in Kamaishi for observing the change in color of the autumn foliage. The peak time is in late October to November. The recommended driving route is through the Sennin Tunnel towards the square on the Kamaishi side that overlooks the city while continuing on through the canopy of autumn leaves.
- source : tokyocreative.com/sights... -

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Welcome to Kamaishi
Kamaishi City is located on the southeastern coast of Iwate Prefecture, within the Sanriku Fukko National Park. The city is spread across four bays, and winds its way along the basins of the Kasshi and Unosumai Rivers. The mountain terrain stretching all the way to the sea provides the city with abundant natural beauty, whilst the waters off the coast of Kamaishi provide the perfect conditions for oysters, Japanese scallops,wakame seaweed and a large variety of other fresh seafood. As the birthplace of Japan’s modern steel industry, Kamaishi is also home to the Hashino Iron Mining and Smelting Site, a recent addition to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution.
Like so many other towns and cities along the northeast coast of Japan,
Kamaishi suffered severe damage in the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami disaster. Over 1000 lives were lost in Kamaishi alone, with a large number of homes, commercial buildings, and infrastructure destroyed. Having commemorated the 6th anniversary of the disaster in March 2017, the city is moving forward with hope and resilience as it continues with the recovery process.
In 2015,
Kamaishi was named as one of the 12 official host cities for the Rugby World Cup 2019™. The construction of the new Kamaishi Recovery Memorial Stadium is scheduled for completion in 2018, and shall accommodate 16,187 spectators in a combination of permanent and temporary seating. The announcement of the Rugby World Cup™ pool draw took place in May, with the match schedule and ticket sales to be announced in late 2017.
- reference source : city.kamaishi.iwate.jp... -

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. Sanriku Hamakaido 三陸浜街道 Sanriku Highway .
Umibe suji 海辺筋 road along the coast, part of the 釜石街道 Kamaishi Kaido.

. Tono Monogatari 遠野物語 Legends of Tono, Iwate - .
with many Kappa 河童 water goblins

The mascot of Tono -
Karin-chan and his pink wife Kururin-chan
カリンちゃん＆くるりんちゃん

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Nabekura Jo 鍋倉城 Nabekura castle
Asonuma Clan, one of the local powerful clans of Tono district
(present day Iwate Prefecture) removed and reconstructed a castle in this place during the Tensho era (1573-91). In 1627, Naoyoshi Nanbu of Nejo Castle in Hachinohe was enffed this region and he changed the name of the castle to Nabekura Castle. This mountain castle stood at the top of Mt. Nabekura at 340 m altitude, which is an independent hill located at the foot of Mt. Monomiyama in the south of Tono Basin.
The castle remains existing at the present were of those constructed in the early modern times. Honmaru (the main compound) originally had a thatched roof, but after the fire broke out during the Keian era (1648-52), the roof was thatched with Japanese spindle tree. Honmaru used to be walled with wooden fences. There was a housing area of warriors at the west, north, and east foot of the mountain, outside of which spread townsmen’s houses. There were also three Doshin (feudal police) offices at the end of the town; Shimo-gumi office was located at the west end, Naka-gumi at the north, and Kami-gumi at the east.
Nabekura Observatory, which looks like a donjon, was constructed at Sannomaru ruins.
- source : nippon-kichi.jp... -

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As a symbol of Kamaishi,
the Daikannon statue stands upon Kamazaki Point, overlooking Kamaishi Bay.

It is 48.5 metres tall, and is divided into 13 stories. Inside the statue, there is much to see, including the [Honzon Gyoran Kannon], the 33 Kannons and the Grand Gallery. At the exact point at which the Kannon is holding the fish, (from the 10th to the 12th floor levels) there is an observation platform located 38 metres above the statue's base. From the platform there are spectacular views of such sights as the Ozaki Peninsula and Mada Misaki.

© www.iwatetabi.jp

source : kamaishi-daikannon.com

釜石大観音 Kamaishi Daikannon
This big statue survived the earthquake on March 11, 2011.

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History of the Kamaishi Mine | Nittetsu Mining Co
Because it was opened during the Edo Period, the Kamaishi Mine developed in line with the growth of Japan's iron and steel industry through the Meiji, Taisho and Showa periods. As a producer of good-quality iron ore, the Kamaishi Mine supported the "iron town" of Kamaishi and Japan’s iron manufacturing for more than a century.
1857 - Oshima Takato, a retainer of the Morioka domain, constructed Western-style blast furnaces in Ohashi and succeeded in producing molten pig iron from iron ore. (To commemorate his success, December 1 is still celebrated as Iron Commemoration Day.)
This paved the way for a total of 10 blast furnaces to be built at the end of the Edo Period (three each in Ohashi and Hashino, two in Sahinai, and one each in Kuribayashi and Sunakowatari), laying the foundation for the modern iron and steel industry in Japan. ...
1993 - Large-scale iron ore mining was discontinued.
Businesses involving the new mine, mineral water and use of the underground spaces were launched.
(Even today, mining continues with a production rate of 100 tons per year.)
- source : nittetsukou.co.jp/eng... Nittetsu Mining -

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Nanbu Kaido 南部街道 Nanbu Highway, Nambu Highway
Iwate 岩手県
Connecting 遠野 Tono to the 気仙郡 Kesen district on the coast.
Already mentioned on 葛西領内地図 a map from 1335.
In former times 盛岡藩 Morioka domain was called 南部藩 Nanbu domain.
Connecting the Nanbu domain with 久保田（秋田）藩 the Kubota domain in Akita),
In Iwate, this road was called
Kazuno Orai 鹿角往来 / Kazuno Kaido 鹿角街道.
- see below

- Postal stations along the Nanbu Kaido
Yokota village 横田村 (Tono city)
Aozasa 青笹
Kamigo Hirakura 上郷平倉
Alabane Toge pass 赤羽根峠
Kasai 葛西

In former times Kasai belonged to the 伊達領 Date domain.
The Kasai Clan 葛西氏 reigned in an area stretching from the center of Mutsu no Kuni 陸奥国中部 - present day Sanriku Kaigan in Miyagi 宮城県三陸海岸 to the 岩手県南部 Nanbu area of Iwate.

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Junisho kuchi 十二所口
Obonan kuchi 生保内口
Kaya toge pass 萱峠 between Iwate and Akita, 644 m
Komatsugawa kuchi 小松川口

. Junisho Kaido 十二所街道 .
- Obonai Kaido 生保内街道

. Kesen Michi 気仙道　/ 東浜街道　Higashi Hamakaido .

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. Akita Kaido 秋田街道 Highways in Akita .

Kazuno Kaido 鹿角街道 Kazuno Highway
Connecting Morioka city in Iwate 岩手県盛岡市 via Hachimantai city 八幡平市 with 秋田県鹿角市 Kazuno city and 大館市 Odate city in Akita.

- Postal stations along the Kazuno Kaido
Morioka 盛岡城下 - Iwate
Tando 田頭- Hachimantai
Terada 寺田
Niiya 新谷町
Tayama 田山
Yuze 湯瀬 - (Akita (Kazuno city)
Oxato 大里
Hanawa 花輪
Kanda 神田
Kemanai 毛馬内
Matsuyama 松山
Sawajiri 秋田領沢尻
Junisho 十二所
Ogita 扇田

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Kazuno city (鹿角市, Kazuno-shi)
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The area of present-day Kazuno was settled in prehistoric times, and contains major Jōmon period archaeological sites and numerous burial mounds from the Kofun period. The area was part of ancient Mutsu Province and was ruled by the Nambu clan of Morioka Domain during the Edo period. After the start of the Meiji period, the area became briefly part of Rikuchū Province before being transferred to Akita Prefecture in 1871. It was organized as part of Kazuno District, Akita Prefecture in 1878 with the establishment of the modern municipalities system.
The city of Kazuno
was founded on April 1, 1972 by the merger of the towns of Hanawa, Towada, and Osarizawa and the village of Hachimantai.
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. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

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Iwate 釜石町 Kamaishi town

. hebi 蛇と伝説 Legends about snakes and serpents .
kohebi, shooja 小蛇 small serpent
In the year 1916, three members of a family got sick at the same time. This happened because they had killed a small red snake in their garden.
The serpent had been the master of the nearby riverpool, who wanted the third daughter of the family as his wife. When the daughter died, the other family members got well.
They buried the body of the girl, but the bones soon disappeared.

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A beautiful woman had gone to the mountain forest to pick kuwa no ha 桑の葉 leaves of the mulberry tree, but went missing.
A pilgrim came along and said she had been elected to become 水性の主 the Master of the Water. She was allowed to come back only once every year.
. kuwa 桑 (くわ) mulberry tree .

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. kuchisake onna 口裂け女 slit-mouthed woman .
When she went outside, she wore a mask and looked like a beautiful woman with long hair. When she took off the mask, on could see her mouth all the way to the ears.
Sometimes she would walk around and ask people if they found her beautiful.

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Iwate 九戸郡 Kunohe district

. Izumo taisha 出雲大社 Izumo Grand Shrine, Shimane .
The father of 森越仁太郎氏 Morikoshi Jintaro had built a small shrine and called it 出雲さん "Izumo San", hoping to have some good fortune.
In 1943, he became an inspector of the mines at Kamaishi.
A huge rock came falling down a cliff, but it did not hit him and stopped right before him.
A steel frame came falling down but did not hit him either . . . he was well protected.

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Iwate 唐丹町 Toni town

. Hitachibo Kaison Sennin 常陸坊海尊仙人 .
Retainer of 源の義経　Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1159 - 1189)

At the temple 光学寺 Kogaku-Ji there is a mound named 大徳塚 Daitokuzuka, but nobody remembers what is venerated there.
Once a yamabushi 山伏 mountain priest came to visit the mound and when asked about the origin, he replied
"This is the grave of 亀井六郎 Kamei Rokuro (重清 Kamei Shigekiyo ? - 1189) ), a retainer of Yoshitsune.
The Yamabushi must have been Hitachibo Kaison.

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- reference : nichibun yokai database -
釜石岩手県 - OK
106 遠野　岩手県 (00)

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Kamaishi sen 釜石線 Kamaishi train line

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The Kamaishi Line (釜石線, Kamaishi-sen)
is a 90.2 km rural railway line in Iwate Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It connects Hanamaki Station in the city of Hanamaki with Kamaishi Station in the city of Kamaishi.
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蕗に雨釜石線のとある駅
鈴木鷹夫

陽炎を掻き分け掻き分け釜石線
高澤良一

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河童沼すとんと昏れて遠野寒
Kappanuma

曽根とき

. 河童 / かっぱ / カッパ - Kappa, the Water Goblin of Japan! .
カッパ淵 Kappabuchi, Tsuchibuchicho Tsuchibuchi, Tōno, Iwate
Kappabuchi is a small pool and river bank of the 足洗川　Ashiaraigkawa river ...

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Edo - the EDOPEDIA -

2/10/2020

Kamaishi Kaido Highway

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