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2/18/2020

Sado Bugyo Kaido

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Sado Bugyo Kaido 佐渡奉行街道 Road for the Governor of Sado Island
Sado Kaido 佐渡街道 Sado Highway
From 本庄 Honjo 埼玉県 Saitama (Nakasendo) to 渋川 Shibukawa, 群馬県 Gunma (Mikuni Kaido).

. Sadogashima 佐渡島 Sado Island - Niigata .
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- Postal stations along the Sado Bugyo Kaido
- - - - - 埼玉県 Saitama
Honjo, Honjō 本庄宿 - Saitama, at the 中山道 Nakasendo
金久保村 Kanakubo village - Saitama, departing from the Nakasendo
Fujiki no Watashi 藤木渡し / 藤木の渡し（烏川 Karasugawa River ）
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Tsunobuchi village 角渕村
Tamamura 玉村宿 - linking to the Nikko Reiheishi Kaido 日光例幣使街道
Soja 総社宿 (Maebashi city 前橋市)
Okubo 大久保宿 - Linking to the Ikaho Kaido 伊香保街道 / Ikaho michi 伊香保道
Yagihara 八木原宿
Shibukawa 渋川宿 - at the 三国街道 Mikuni Kaido

. Nakasendoo　中山道 Nakasendo Highway / Kiso Kaido 木曾街道 .

. Nikko Reiheishi Kaido　日光例幣使街道 for Imperial Messengers .

. Mikuni Kaidō 三国街道 / 三國街道 Mikuni Highway .

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Honjo - by Keisai Eisen

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Honjō-shuku (本庄宿, Honjō-shuku)
It was the largest of the stations in terms of population and number of buildings.
- History
Honjō was the site of Honjō Castle, the stronghold of the Honjō clan since the Kamakura period. The Honjō were destroyed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1590, and the territory came under the control of Tokugawa Ieyasu, who established in 10,000 koku Honjō Domain, which was ruled by the Ogasawara clan from 1698 to 1612. A honjin was built near the site of the old castle in the northern part of the castle town, which quickly redeveloped itself into a shukuba. Due to the number of travelers, a second honjin was built at the opposite end of town in 1792.
Per an 1843 guidebook issued by the Inspector of Highways (道中奉行, Dōchu-būgyō), the town stretched for about 1.9 kilometers along the highway, with a population of 4554, with 1212 shops. The town boasted two very large scale honjin, two waki-honjin, 475 hatago, as well as 54 establishments whose attraction was primarily meshimori onna.
Honjō-shuku was approximately 22 ri from the starting point of the Nakasendō at Nihonbashi, and was the last stop in Musashi Province.
Very little evidence of the shukuba remains in the modern city of Honjō, but the gate of the first honjin, the Tamura Honjin, remains. On the site of the honjin itself, a police station was built in 1883 in the western-style of architecture of the Meiji period. This too has been preserved as a local history museum.
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Shibukawa city 渋川市
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Shibukawa is in the northern extremity of the Kantō plains of central Gunma Prefecture, encompassing the juncture of the Tone River and Agatsuma River...
Shibukawa is at a central point (36°29′N, 139°00′E) of the Japanese archipelago and is thus known as the Bellybutton of Japan (日本のおへそ, nihon no oheso).
- History
During the Edo period, the area of present-day Shibukawa prospered from its location on the Mikuni Kaidō highway connecting Takasaki with Niigata.
Post stations within the borders of modern Shibukawa were Shibukawa-shuku, Kanai-shuku, Kitamoku-shuku and Yokobori-shuku.
Modern Shibukawa town was created in Nishigunma District, Gunma Prefecture on April 1, 1889 ...
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Shibukawa Kaido 渋川街道 Shibukawa Highway

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Ikaho Kaido 伊香保街道 Ikaho Highway
and the Ikaho sekisho 伊香保関所 Ikaho checkpoint, barrier
Mizusawa 水沢伊香保街道 Ikaho Kaido

From 高崎 Takasaki to 伊香保 Ikaho

- Postal stations along the Ikaho Kaido
Okubo 大久保宿
Noda 野田宿
Kashiwagi 柏木宿

. Takasaki City and Daruma 高崎達磨 .

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Ikaho Jinja 伊香保神社 Ikaho Shrine

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Ikaho Hot Spring
located near Takasaki in Gunma Prefecture.
The famous Ikaho Stone Steps
in the center of town lead up to the top of the main hill, and are lined with many souvenir shops and restaurants. There is also a free foot bath (ashiyu) hot spring outside Kishigon Ryokan, which is about half way up.
At the top is Ikaho Shrine, a nice little shrine that was founded over 1000 years ago.
Ikaho sekisho 伊香保関所 Ikaho checkpoint, barrier
Ikaho Sekisho at the bottom was a former checkpoint in the Edo Period, and is free to enter. The gate has been recreated and there is a little display inside explaining a bit about Ikaho's history and traditional Japanese uniforms and clothing.
- source : Matthew Baxter -

source and more photos : ikahosekisyo...

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There is also the
Mizusawa Udon Kaido 水沢うどん街道 Mizusawa Road to eat Udon noodles

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Mizusawa Udon
Gunma Prefecture is a major production area for quality wheat.
Tasty udon noodles can be enjoyed anywhere in Gunma. Mizusawa udon is famous as one of the three most delicious udon in Japan. Made only from pure water, quality flour, and specially selected salt, it is firm, somewhat thick, and semi-transparent, providing it a unique character. It is generally served cold with dipping soup.
- reference source : visitgunma.jp/en... -

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Sado bugyō (佐渡奉行) Sado Governor
were officials of the Tokugawa shogunate responsible for administration of the mining operations at Sado.
Sado island is the sixth largest in the Japanese archipelago. It is located in the Sea of Japan off the west coast of Echigo Province in northwest Honshu. For much of its pre-modern history, exiles were banished to the island. The island was noted for its deposits of gold and silver since at least the 12th century; however, intensive mining operations did not begin until the opening of the Aikawa Mine in 1601.
This same year,
Sado was placed during the direct control of the Tokugawa shogunate, and in 1603 Ōkubo Nagayasu was appointed the first "commissioner". The title was officially Sado daikan until 1618, and bugyō afterwards. The post was occupied by hatamoto assisted by a staff of up to a hundred yoriki and dōshin constables.
The mines at Sado
were worked vigorously; and were a major source of revenue for the early Tokugawa shogunate, producing approximately 100 tons of gold and silver from 1616 to 1627; however, by the 1730s the deposits were largely exhausted and production was less than a ton of silver until the mid-18th century. The post of Sado bugyō was abolished with the Meiji restoration.
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Residence of the Sado Bugyo 佐渡奉行所跡

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. Japanese Legends - 伝説　民話　昔話 – ABC-List .

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佐渡市 Sado city

. Dansaburo 団三郎 The Tanuki from Sado .
Tonchibo トンチボ, Tonchiboo トンチボウ Tanuki from Sado
Tonchibo is also a local name for the Deity of the Forest, Yama no Kami 山の神, and thus a taboo word for the local fisherman.

When farmers walk along a road while drunk with sake, the Tonchibo とんちぼ / 頓智坊 likes to surprize them and make them fall into water puddles.
He likes to play his tricks on people, so they take a radio and matches to make fire when entering the forest to work there.
Lately this animal does not find enough food in the forest and comes out to check the fields of farmers too. It is quite a nuisance.
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In 1601 the Sago Bugyo 大久保石見守 Okubo Iwami no Kami built an office in 相川 Aikawa.
He had brought some Tanuki with him from his former domain, 石見の国Iwami no Kuni.
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Around 1660, there was an man named 中沢 Nakazawa at the Sado Governor's office.
In the evening he was very drunk and passed a rock where Dansaburo used to lurk. It was dark and Nakazawa lost his way near 二ツ岩 Futatsuiwa. So he asked Dansaburo to bring him a lantern. A lantern on a stick appeared and it became light as day. A strange person appeared and asked to be venerated like a boss. So Nakazawa stopped working at the Government office.
He built a Shrine for Dansaburo and venerated him there, becoming a Shinto priest himself.
Futatsuiwa Daimyojin 二ツ岩大明神

Dankuro the Fox and Sankichi the Tanuki 団九郎，三吉 from Sado 佐渡
. Sankin Kotai 参勤交代 Daimyo attendance in Edo .

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- reference : nichibun yokai database -

. Edo, Tokyo　江戸 - 東京 - 伝説 Legends Index .

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. Jomo karuta game 上毛かるた .

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佐渡奉行所あとの広場のクローバー
Sado bugyoosho ato no hiroba no kurooba

clover grows
at the open space at the former
Sado Governor's office

富田直治 Tomita Naoji

. kuroobaa クローバー clover, Klee .
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2/16/2020

Onari Kaido for Shogun

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Onari Kaido 御成街道 Highway for the Shogun
Onari Michi 御成道 O-Nari, Road for the Shogun

There two roads with this name in Japan

日光御成道 Nikko Onari Michi
東金御成街道 Togane Onari Kaido

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日光御成道 Nikko Onari Michi

. Morikawajuku 森川宿 Morikawa postal station Tokyo .
Here was the first ichirizuka 一里塚 stone marker mound of the 中仙道 Nakasendo Highway, where the
日光御成道 Nikko Onari Michi started.
This Onari Michi was also called 岩槻街道 Iwatsuki Kaido.

. Nikko Onari Kaido　日光御成街道 .
Nikko Reiheishi Kaido　日光例幣使街道
Nikko Nishi Kaido 日光西街道
Mibu doori 壬生通り Mibu road / Mibu michi 壬生道

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Tōgane 東金御成街道 Togane Onari Kaido
From 船橋 Funabashi in 千葉県 Chiba via 東金市田間 Togane Tama to 山武市小松 Sanmu Komatsu village in Chiba.
About 37 km. Almost in a straight line.
The part from Tama to Komatsu was also called
Sunaoshi Kaido 砂押街道 Sunaoshi Highway

Gongen Michi 権現道 Road for the Great Lord

Built by the first Shogun Ieyasu, and later used his son Hidetada and then the third Shogun Iemitsu to go takagari 鷹狩 hunting with falcons.
Ieyasu had his vassal 土井利勝 Doi Toshikatsu (1573 - 1644) built the road toward 九十九里 Kujikuri.
It was built very fast, some say 三日三晩 from December 1613 to January in three days and three nights, holding up torches at night, thus the road was called
choochin kaido 提灯街道 / ちょうちん街道 Chochin Highway of Lanterns
- Others say it was built in just one day/night and is thus called
ichiya kaido 一夜街道 highway built in one night

. takagari 鷹狩 hunting with hawks and falcons .

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. Funabashi 船橋 .

Ochaya Goten 御茶屋御殿 palace to rest and have tea

ちょうちん塚 - 御成街道を行く
- reference source : ameblo.jp/2465789... -

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東金御成街道を探る
徳川家康の天下制覇後、東金地帯に忽然と出現した世に言う「お鷹狩り街道」。
その秘められた歴史的推移について、

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御成道穴に入る日の蛇に遭ふ
onari michi ana hi iru hi no hebi ni au

the Shogun's road -
I meet a serpent ready to
hibernate

町田しげき Machida Shigeki

. hebi ana ni iru 蛇穴に入る snakes go into their holes .
snakes start hibernating
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2/14/2020

Naganuma Kaido Chiba Fukushima

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Naganuma-no-Komagata-Daibutsu　長沼の駒形大仏
Komagata Great Buddha in Naganuma
Komagata Daibutsu is a great Buddha statue located in Naganuma-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba City.
It was set up in 1703 by Noda Gennai, who was a pharmacy commission merchant in Edo and developed paddy-fields in Naganuma village. He collected voluntary subscriptions from 60 nearby villages and set it up to pray for cure of illness and safe travel of the people and horses going up and down the Onari Kaido Road.
It was designed and cast by Hashimoto Izaemon Fujiwara Shigehiro, a casting workman in Sanmacho, Asakusa, Edo. This 2.4 m tall statue is the image of seated Amida Nyorai making Jou-in (meditation mudra) in front of the abdomen. The head and body were separately cast and joined together.
The list of donators inscribed on the back of the statue shows that this Great Buddha was worshipped by a people in a wide range of area including Matsudo and Inbanuma.
The Great Buddha still gently watches over the traffic on the Naganuma Kaido Street.
Chisaki, Naganuma-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba
- source : nippon-kichi.jp/article...

. Onari Kaido 御成街道　Highway for the Tokugawa Shogun .

長沼城址 Remains of Naganuma Castle
千葉県成田市 Chiba, Narita city

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Naganuma Kaido 長沼街道 Naganuma Highway - Fukushima
福島県

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Naganuma (長沼町, Naganuma-machi)
was a town located in Iwase District, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
- History
The people lived in Naganuma,because of Jomon pottery(縄文土器)and Dugout(竪穴式住居)discovered from Tsukakoshi remains in 25th century BC.
Naganuma town built by Takatoki Naganuma in 1260 AD.
It is deserted castle by Decree of One Castle Per Province(一国一城令) in 1615 AD.
Old Naganuma was formed as a result of the enforcement of town organization in 1901 AD.
Old Naganuma town and Hokotsuki village merged Naganuma town in 1955 AD.
On April 1, 2005 AD, Naganuma, along with the village of Iwase (also from Iwase District), was merged into the expanded city of Sukagawa.
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Koriyama Naganuma 福島県郡山市
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. Japanese Legends - 伝説　民話　昔話 – ABC-List .

There are many places named 長沼 Naganuma in Japan.

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. Benten 弁天と伝説 Legends about Benten, Benzaiten 弁財天 Sarasvati .
At the 長沼池 Naganuma pond the Deity Benten is venerated.
The ike no nushi 池の主 master of the pond is a snake. This snake shape-shifted into a woman from another village and went with 馬車引き workers who were leading horses 馬車引き.
The pond became dirty and the shrine for Benten became dirty and other unpleasant things happened.
So the villagers decided, on advise of a fortune teller, to clean the pond and venerate Benten in a small shrine.

. hebi 蛇と伝説 Legends about snakes and serpents .

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長沼町 Naganuma town

. uma 馬 koma 駒伝説　horse legends .
At the Shrine 桙衛神社 Hokutsuki Jinja there was ema 絵馬 a votive tablet of a horse.
The horse walked off to feed and caused trouble at night. So the priest painted a kui 杭 pile and this kept the horse in place.

. Hokotsuki Jinja 桙衝神社 .
桙衝鹿島大明神 Hokotsuki Kashima Daimyojin

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- reference : nichibun yokai database -

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2/12/2020

Fushimi Kaido Highway

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Fushimi Kaido 伏見街道 Fushimi Highway
From 京五条 Kyoto Gojo along the East bank of the river 鴨川 Kamogawa to the town of 京町 Kyocho in 伏見区 Fushimi ward, Kyoto.
About 6 km long.
The name was also written
Fushimi Kaido 伏水街道 / ふしみかいどう "road of the hidden water"

It is said to have been used by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who had his famous castle in Fushimi.
It was also on the road connecting Kyoto with the harbour of Fushimi.
Pilgrims used it to reach the Shinto Shrine
. Fushimi Inari Taisha 伏見稲荷大社 .

- - - - - There are various names for different parts of the road

The part in 東山区 Higashiyama district is called
Honmachi-doori 本町通（ほんまちどおり）

The part in Fushimi ward, Fukakusa 伏見区深草 is called
Sujikaibashi-doori 直違橋通（すじかいばしどおり Sujikaibashi road

The part passing the temple with the Great Buddha of Kyoto, built by Hideyoshi at the temple 方広寺 Hoko-Ji, is called
Kyoo Daibutsu Kaidoo 京大仏街道 Road to the Kyoto Daibutsu

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Fushimi (伏見区, Fushimi-ku)
is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.
Famous places in Fushimi include the Fushimi Inari Shrine, with thousands of torii lining the paths up and down a mountain;
Fushimi Castle, originally built by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, with its rebuilt towers and gold-lined tea-room; and the Teradaya,
an inn at which Sakamoto Ryōma was attacked and injured about a year before his assassination. Also of note is the Gokōgu shrine, which houses a stone used in the construction of Fushimi Castle. The water in the shrine is particularly famous and it is recorded as one of Japan's 100 best clear water spots.
..... Although written with different characters now, the name Fushimi (which used to be its own "town") originally comes from fusu + mizu, meaning "hidden water" or "underground water". In other words, the location was known for good spring water. The water of Fushimi has particularly soft characteristics, making it an essential component to the particular type of sake brewed in Fushimi. This also explains why the area developed as a sake-brewing center in Kyoto.
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. Nara Kaido 奈良街道 Nara Highway .
- - - - - Along this road are more sub-roads, explored below :

Fushimi Kaido 伏見街道 - see above
Takeda Kaido 竹田街道 - Connecting Kyoto with Fushimi
Furutsutsumi Kaido 古堤街道
Jusan Kaido 十三街道
Kiyotaki Kaido 清滝街道
Shuntoku Kaido 俊徳街道
Tateishi Kaido 立石街道 / Ooto Kaido おおと街道
Tatsutagoe Nara Kaido 竜田越奈良街道

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Furutsutsumi Kaido, Furuzutsumi Kaido 古堤街道 Highway
Connecting Osaka city with 奈良県生駒市 Ikoma in Nara, via North of 生駒山北側 Mount Ikoma
Also called 竜間越 Tatsuma-goe.

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Jusan Kaido 十三街道 Jusan Highway
also called
Shuntoku Kaido 俊徳街道 Shuntoku Highway
From Osaka city, 四天王寺南門 the South gate of the temple Shitenno-Ji via the pass 十三峠 Jusan toge
to 生駒郡斑鳩町 Tatsuta in Ikaruga, Ikoma district, Nara.

俊徳街道・十三街道 (河内の街道を歩く2)
杉山三記雄 Sugiyama Mikio

The famous poet 在原業平 Ariwara no Narihira passed here.
. Ariwara no Narihira 在原業平 (825 - 880) .

俊徳街道は、俊徳道ともいわれてきた。古くより、俊徳丸が生まれた、八尾の高安の里から舞楽を習いに四天王寺に通った街道と伝わる。一方、玉造から発する十三街道は、東へ現在の東大阪市菱屋西で俊徳街道と合流し、八尾を経由、十三峠を越えて平群・龍田に通じている。平安初期の歌人在原業平は、大和の龍田を通り、この峠を越え八尾高安の茶屋にいた恋人梅野の元へと八百夜も通いつめたといわれることから、この道はまた業平道とも呼ばれた。
The place where 俊徳丸 Shuntokumaru was born.
The Noh play Shuntokumaru was first performed in 1660.
... The blind beggar Shuntokumaru, leaning on a stick, enters, lamenting his fall from comfort and love into a life of depravity.
- - - 俊徳丸 More in the WIKIPEDIA !

View from Juusan Tooge Pass 十三峠 down to Osaka
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Kiyotaki Kaido 清滝街道 Kiyotaki Highway
Connecting Osaka with Nara.
From 四條畷市 Shijo Nawate city via the Kiyotaki Toge pass 清滝峠 to Nara.

From 守口市 Moriguchi city, Osaka to 四條畷市中野地区 Shijo Nawate city, Osaka it is also called
Moriguchi Kaido 守口街道 Moriguchi Highway

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From 竹田村 Takeda village to 伏見港 the harbour of Fushimi.
In the Edo period this road got a stone pavement and was suited for transport of heavy loads.
It was one of the seven exit roads of Kyoto, 京の七口.

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Tateishi Kaido 立石街道 / Ooto Kaido おおと街道

From 大阪府八尾市 Osaka, Yao city via おおと越 the Ooto pass to 奈良県生駒郡平群町 Heguri town in the Ikoma district.
It was also used by pilgrims to 信貴山 Mount Shigisan.

. Mount Shigisan, Temple Chogo Sonshi Ji 信貴山朝護孫子寺 .

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Tatsutagoe Nara Kaido 竜田越奈良街道
Connecting Osaka with Nara

- source with many photos : jumgon.exblog.jp/ -

Used by pilgrims to the Shrine 竜田神社 - 龍田神社 Tatsuta Jinja.
With many temples and shrines on the road.
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. Tatsuta Hiko Tatsuta Hime Jinja 竜田比古竜田比女神社 . .
奈良県生駒郡斑鳩町龍田 Tatsuta, Ikaruga town, Ikoma district Nara

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. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

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ha 歯 a tooth
The child of a general merchant in 革屋町 Kawayacho had a tooth which had grown ober 3 cm in one night.
But the next day the tooth had broken off at the root.

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ine 稲 rice ears
In the year 1683 there lived avinegar maker named 酢屋与右衛門 Suya Yoemon in 京橋 Kyobashi. He had a susuki 薄 pampas grass bush in his garden which suddenly grow rice ears.
People passing by thought this was very strange.

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ka no konai ie 蚊の来ない家 a home where mosquitoes do not come
In a village East of Fushimi there was one family home where the mosquitoes never came in the summer. In the other houses there were a lot.
In this home they used kaya 蚊帳 a mosquito net for only a very short time.

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kaminari no doku 雷の毒 poison of the thunder
Around 1780, there was a sudden thunderstorm and the farmers fled into a small hut near the field. A stroke of lightning hit the hut and almost all of the farmers died.
There were only two who survived. But two months later they fell ill and died. People said this was the poison of the thunder that had killed them.

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. kishin, kijin, onigami 鬼神の伝説　Oni Deity Demon Legends .
A perosn named 淀屋喜兵衛 Yodoya Kihei had suddenly become crazy.
One day he said "There is a fire in this district in Edo", and later they found out that there had been a fire.
They think the Demon Deity had taken possession of him.

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kitsune 狐 fox
. Yasomura Rotsu 八十村路通 .
A disciple of the Haiku poet 芭蕉 Matsuo Basho had been to 伏見稲荷 Fushimi Inari Shrine where he met an old priest, who was in fact a fox from the home of a friend from 彦根 Hikone.
Rotsu asked the fox about Hikone and the fox was happy to entertain him.

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A man from 二見浦 Futamiura in Ise went on business to Kyoto and rested near 伏見稲荷 Fushimi Inari Shrine.
Suddenly a fox jumped around and asked him to come with him. The fox seemed to jump right over the torii 鳥居 Shrine gate.
When he came back home, his wife soon realized he was furugitsune 古狐 an old fox and she did not let the animal into the house.
The fox lived near the beach and later they built a small Shrine for it, called 塩間の稲荷 Shioma no Inari.

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koi 鯉 carp

The mound Koizuka 恋塚 (Love Mound) was built on the day when 永井直清 Nagai Naokiyo (1591 - 1671) became regent of 高槻 Takatsuki.
But the mound was in fact written 鯉塚 "Carp Mound".
In former times there was a large pond, where a huge carp had lived. The carp was quite a monster and the farmers had to kill it and filled it up

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raimei 雷鳴 sound of thunder
Acording to the fishermen from Fushimi, when there is a thunder in the 11th lunar month, there will be a good fishing harvest in the next year.

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sekitoo 石塔 stone pagoda
sekitoo 石塔 / セキトウ / shakutoo しゃくとう stone pagoda / 五輪の塔婆
South of 下鳥羽 Shimo-Toba, in the East of 横大路村街道 the Yoko-Oji there is the Shrine 飛鳥田神社 Asukata Jinja.
During the annual grand festival, the otabisho 御旅所 resting place for the Mikoshi, is arranged under the large enoki 榎 nettle tree.
There is a stone pagoda of about 1.50 meter.
In former times this was the grave marker of the village elder, but it would produce strange and weird things.
Once a brave Samurai cut it in half with his large sword. Oh wonder, blood begun to flow out of the wound.
And then the village was quiet again.

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. Tengu 天狗と伝説 Tengu legends "Long-nosed Goblin" .
In the year 1792, in a hamlet called 横大路 Yoko-Oji a man wanted to cut a branch from a three-pronged itchoo 銀杏 Gingko tree, when suddenly a strange wind begun to blow and something seemed to grab his throat, so he stopped immediately. Later he found some strange hair on his throat.
This Gingko tree must have been sacred to a local Tengu.

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Toba don 鳥羽殿 Honorable Sir Toba
Along the river Yodogawa there is a large pond, 小倉の湖 the Ogura no Ike.
There live two very large koi 鯉 carps. The local fishermen call them "Toba don" and venerate them as shinrei 神霊 the spirit of the lake.

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- reference : nichibun yokai database -

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Kamaishi Kaido Highway

[ . BACK to DARUMA　MUSEUM　TOP . ]
. 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.
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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.
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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.
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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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