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9/18/2019

kinu no michi silk roads

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kinu no michi 絹の道 the Silk Roads of Japan
shirukuroodoo, shiruku roodo シルクロード Silk Road

浜街道 - 「絹の道」のはなし Hama Kaido - kinu no michi no hanashi
馬場喜信 Baba Yoshinobu

. kinu 絹　silk in Japanese culture .
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. kinu to densetsu 絹と伝説 Silk - legends and tales .

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This Silk Road starts deep in 多摩丘陵 the mountains of Tama.
Raw silk has been transported from 八王子 Hachioji to 横浜 Yokohama.
Hachioji Kaido 八王子街道 was the name in Yokohama.
Kanagawa Okan 神奈川往還 Kanagawa Road
This part is the Hama Kaido浜街道 Beach Road.
Also called
Yarimizu Kaido 鑓水街道 Yarimizu Highway
About 44 km.
It was used since 1859, then the silk industry grew in Japan and luggage had to be transported to the port of Yokohama.

八王子 Hachioji
片倉台 Katakuradai
鑓水峠 Yarimizu Toge Pass
御殿橋 Gotenbashi gridge
田端 Tabata
町田街道 Machida Kaido - see below
常磐 Tokiwa
木曽 Kiso
小鶴橋 Kozurubashi bridge
南町田駅　Minami-Machida station　
長津田辻 Nagatsuta-tsuji
川井浄水場 Kawai Josuijo
. Nakahara Kaido 中原街道 Nakahara Highway . - branching off to Edo / Tokyo
鶴ヶ峰 Tsurugamine
白根 Shirane
上星川 Kami-Hoshikawa
保土ヶ谷 Hodogaya
浅間台 Sengendai
戸部 Tobe
野毛 Noge
シルクセンター silk center Yokohama

- reference and photos : kaidouarukitabi.com/rekisi... -

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Kinu no Michi, or Japanese Silk Road,
is a highway connecting Hachiouji City to Tokyo and Yokohama City of Kanagawa Prefecture and it follows the same journey as today’s Route 16.
Hachiouji City had been known as Souto (translated as the city of mulberry) since old times and thrived with the production of raw silk. In 1859, as Yokohama opened its port to limited foreign trade, raw silk became an important export and Hachiouji became a vital hub for raw silk merchants from Nagano and Yamanashi area.
The road frequently used for the raw silk trade was called Yarimizu-kaido or Hama-kaido, but because the road was what the Silk Road was to the Asian continent, it later became known as Kinu no Michi, or Japanese Silk Road.
The road has been recognized for its historical importance and some parts of the road and vicinity were restored and preserved. In Yarimizu region of Hachiouji, there is the Silk Road Museum built inside the ruins of the mansion of a famous raw silk merchant.
The Silk Road is a valuable historical record that has many stories to tell of the silk trade merchants in late Edo period and the Meiji era to this day.
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Fujisawa Kaido 藤沢街道 Fujisawa Kaido
From Hachioji to Fujisawa (Kanagawa), a port town in Sagamiwan Bay.
Fujisawa (Fujizawa) is a postal station along the Tokaido Highway.

Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川広重 (1797 – 1858)

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Hachiōji 八王子市, Hachiōji-shi - Hachioji City
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The area of present-day Hachiōji was part of ancient Musashi Province. It has been an important junction point and post town along the Kōshū Kaidō, the main road that connected the historical Edo (today's Tokyo) with western Japan. Hachiōji Castle was built during the Sengoku period in 1584 by Hōjō Ujiteru, but was soon destroyed in 1590 by Toyotomi Hideyoshi. During the Edo period, the area was tenryō controlled directly by the Tokugawa shogunate.
During the Meiji period, Hachiōji prospered as an important location for the production of silk and silk textiles.
The industry faded away, however, in the 1960s.
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. Machida shi 町田市 Machida city "city of fields" .

Machida Kaido 町田街道 Machida Kaido Avenue
A road between Machida-kaido Iriguchi Intersection in Hachioji city and Machida-shi Tsuji Intersection in Machida city.
- the part running through Machida city, also called 町街 Machikai.
It runs along the river 境川 Sakaigawa,
a watershed between the river 鶴見川 Tsurumigawa going to the Tokyowan 東京湾 Tokyo Bay and
the river Sakaigawa going to the Sagamiwan 相模湾 Sagami Bay.

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Silk Road Museum　Yarimizu　シルクロード鑓水　
Yarimizu, Hachioji, Tokyo

鑓水峠 Yarimizu Toge Pass

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- Silk Museum Yokohama - シルク博物館 -

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The Silk Road or Silk Route in China - Seidenstrasse -

is a network of trade and cultural transmission routes that were central to cultural interaction through regions of the Asian continent connecting the West and East by merchants, pilgrims, monks, soldiers, nomads, and urban dwellers from China and India to the Mediterranean Sea during various periods of time.
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. Silk Road シルクロード　- Asian Highway アジアンハイウェイ .

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. yama-ai no shiruku roodo 山あいのシルクロード "silk road in the mountains" .
Kotaki Kaido 小滝街道 Kotaki Highway
A waki kaido side road from the Yonezawa Kaido, Yamagata prefecture.

. Chirimen Kaidoo 縮緬街道 the Crepe-Silk Road .
Tango - Chirimen Rekishikan

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夏帽子シルクロードヘ発つ覚悟

奥田智久 Okuda Tomohisa

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絹の道句会 Kinu no Michi Haiku Group
隣の片倉駅付近には、城址公園や田園風景も広がり四季折々の句材は豊富で、午前中の句会の後この辺りを訪れたり、これまた近くのミニ牧場に牛・羊等を見に行き、牛のお産に出くわしたことも。講師の奈良英子「春耕」主要同人は、人生経験豊かで句評は勿論、体験談など人生談義も非常に勉強になります。
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9/14/2019

Tokugawa michi road

To avoid accidents with foreigners coming from Kobe Harbour on their way to Edo during
he Bakumatsu 幕末 final years of the Edo period.
The harbour of 神戸市 Kobe city was opened to foreigners in 1867.

- - Starting station : Branching off from the 西国街道 Saigoku Kaido
present day 灘区御影石町 Kobe, Nada ward, Mikage-Ishimachi
石屋川 - River Ishiyagawa
阪急六甲駅南 - South of the Rokko Station (Rokkosan 六甲山 Mount Rokko)
八幡町 - Yahata
神戸護国神社 - Gokoku Shrine, Kobe
杣谷登山口 - Somadani - along the valley Somadanizoi (杣谷沿い)
杣谷峠 Somadani toge pass
摩耶山北斜面 Northern slope of 摩耶山 Mount Maya san
桜谷分岐 Sakuradani branch divide
生田川沿い - along the river Ikutagawa
森林植物園東門 - East entrance of the Kobe Municipal Arboretum
弘陵学園高校正門前 - Main entrance of the Kobe Koryo Gakuen High School
北区山田町小部 - Obu hamlet, Yamada town, Kita ward, Kobe
鈴蘭台 - Suzurandai
白川 - Shirakawa
高塚山 - Takatsukayama
- - Final station : Branching back to the Saigoku Kaido
present day 明石市大蔵谷 Hyogo, Akashi city, Okuradani

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. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

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神戸市 Kobe city / 摩耶山 Mayasan / 杣谷 Somadani

. kitsune densetsu 狐と伝説 fox legends .
At the pond near the graveyard in the valley Somadani at the food of mount Mayasan there lived a fox called 兵五郎 Heigoro. Once a man visiting a grave peeked into the hole where the fox lived. He head the animal growling and the man became very dizzy. He hardly found his way home.

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source : city.kobe　...

. Temple 仏母麻耶山忉利天上寺 Butsumo Maya San Toriten Jo-Ji .
Near the top of Mount Rokko in Ashiya, Kobe
Maya mode 摩耶詣 pilgrimage to the Maya temple
chi no ike jigoku 血の池地獄 blood-red pond of hell
A special purification ritual before the pilgrimage was performed at the 不動の瀧 Fudo Waterfall near the bridge 観音橋 Kannon-bashi over a small river.
If a woman had died during giving birth, she will fall into the blood pond of hell. Her relatives make small scoops out of white cloth and scoop the water of the river. If the cloth will get holes soon, the dead woman will soon be able to go to Paradise.

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六甲山 Mount Rokkosan

source : yamahack.com...

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Mount Rokko is close to the cities of Osaka and Kobe and to the hot springs of Arima Onsen.
From the top of Mt. Rokko one has a panoramic view of Osaka Bay or the wonderful night view over the city of Kobe.
In every season Mt. Rokko offers a spectacle of nature, along with places for dining and shopping.
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. Ebisu えびす / 恵比寿と伝説 Legends about Ebisu .
Ebisu at Mount 六甲 Mount Rokkosan, Shrine Nishinomiya 西宮.

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Hidarugami ひだる神 the Hunger God / Hidarubo ひだるぼう
If someone walks along Mount Rokkosan, the gaki 餓鬼 hunger gods bewitched him, his hands begun to tremble and he had to sit down.
In winter, even if there is snow, he begins to drip sweat from his hands and can not go on further.
If he gets a raw egg to eat, he will soon come back to his senses.
One can also just drop one grain of raw or cooked rice and say "Ahh, this was delicious" to be healed.
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In the back of the temple 鷲林寺 Jurin-Ji near Nishinomiya there is the pass Kuragari toge 暗峠 (小暗峠). At the top is a small place to rest, but if a person drinks from the water flowing down the valley, he will get bewitched by Hidarugami and can not walk any more. Eating a bento 弁当 lunch will heal him.
Once upon a time, when 武田信玄 Takeda Shingen had been defeated by 信長 Oda Nobunaga, he was hiding here, but since he had no food, he died of hunger. His spirit became ひだるぼう Hidarubo
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A zatoo 座頭 Zato, blind minstrel was on his way to a cure at 有馬 Arima Hot Spring, but he died on the way.
If anyone passes this valley, 座頭谷 Zatodani, he will be bewitched by Hidarubo.

座頭谷 Zatodani valley

. Hidarugami ヒダル神 / ひだる神 / ヒダルカミ .
- Hidarubo ひだるぼう

. gaki 餓鬼 hunger ghosts .
The Hungry Ghosts are part of the Six Realms of Existence, rokudoo　六道　of the Buddhist religion.

. zatoo 座頭 Zato, blind minstrel .

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shoojiwan ショージワン　Shoji bowl
At 六甲山 Mount Rokkosan there is an old pond in the form of a gourd.
The villagers from 上唐櫃の村 Kami-Arato say:
If one goes to the edge of the pond, there will be bowls coming afloat.
When they built a new pond for the village, the same thing happened.

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森田敏隆 Morita Toshitaka

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八　陸奥上街道※　宮城県岩出山町

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一八　陸前浜街道―十王坂越　茨城県十王町

一九　日光杉並木街道※　栃木県今市市・日光市

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二四　鎌倉街道―上道　埼玉県小川町・寄居町・毛呂山町

二五　見沼通船堀※　埼玉県浦和市

二六　鎌倉街道―上総路・千葉県袖ケ浦市・市原市

二七　浜街道―鑓水峠越　東京都八王子市

二八　東海道―箱根旧街道※・湯坂道・西坂　神奈川県箱根町―静岡県函南町・三島市

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三〇　松之山街道　新潟県安塚町・松代町・十日町市

三一　松本・千国街道※　新潟県糸魚川市―長野県白馬村・小谷村

三二　北陸道―倶利伽羅峠越　富山県小矢部市―石川県津幡市

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六二　讃岐街道―大坂峠越　徳島県板野町―香川県引田町

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六四　檮原街道―韮ケ峠越　愛媛県五十崎町・河辺村・野村町―高知県梼原町

六五　野根山街道　高知県奈半利町・北川村

六六　長崎街道―冷水峠越　福岡県筑穂町・筑紫野市

六七　肥前・筑前街道―脊振坂越　福岡県那珂川町―佐賀県東脊振村

六八　太閤道―唐津街道　佐賀県唐津市・鎮西町

六九　長崎街道―日見峠越・井樋尾峠越　長崎県長崎市・多良見町・諌早市・大村市

七〇　豊後街道―小倉路※　熊本県阿蘇町・一の宮町・産山村

七一　豊前街道―鶴崎路　熊本県山鹿市・三加和町・南関町

七二　薩摩・肥後街道　熊本県水俣市―鹿児島県出水市

七三　菊池川水運　熊本県玉名市

七四　日田・中津街道　大分県日田市

七五　日田・竹田街道　大分県天瀬町

七六　飫肥街道　宮崎県日南市・北郷町

七七　東目筋・大口筋※　鹿児島県吉田町・姶良町・加治木町

七八　国頭・中頭方西海道※　沖縄県那覇市・浦添市・恩納村

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"The Road of History to Explore, See, and Feel" Project
Roads and waterways have traditionally hosted an exchange of culture and people.
They are one of the most common cultural properties that are vitally important for understanding the history of Japan. The Agency for Cultural Affairs has launched a program to research and develop the Road of History since 1978 to conduct a comprehensive and systematic research and preservation project on old roads and canals from the pre-Edo period together with cultural properties and the surrounding environment.
Since 1993, the Agency for Cultural Affairs has been advocating for the "Road of History to Explore, See, and Feel" project in an attempt to help people understand local history and culture, as well as to promote the protection of cultural properties and their surrounding environment. The "Road of History" project provides opportunities to explore old roads and experience local cultural properties throughout the country. 1995 was the first year in which the Nara Central Conference was held, along with two regional conferences in Tochigi and Fukushima.
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「歴史の道百選」完成　四国遍路道など新規３６件 -
The list was finished on October 29, 2019
文化庁は２９日、歴史的・文化的な由緒を持つ古道などの保存活用を呼び掛ける「歴史の道百選」に、お遍路さんで知られる「四国遍路道」（四国４県）や俳人の松尾芭蕉ゆかりの「陸奥上街道」（岩手県）など３６件を新たに選んだと発表した。平成８年に７８件を選んで以来２３年ぶりの選定で、総数は１１４件に。同庁は「今後追加はない」としており、百選がようやく完成した。
２３年かかった理由について、
担当者は「８年時点では未調査の道が多くて選びきれなかった。その後、各地で調査が進んだ」と説明している。
歴史の道は古くから人や物、情報が行き交った道路や水路などが対象。昨年までに全国から約１００件の申請があり、歴史的価値などを審査して３６件に絞った。百選に入ると道の補修や説明板設置を国が補助する。
- reference source : Sankei Shinbun -

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9/12/2019

Sanyodo Saigoku Kaido Highway

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. Kaido 街道 Highways - ABC Index .
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Sanyo Kaido 山陽街道 Sanyo Highway and 西国街道 Saigoku Kaido
San'yōdō 山陽道 Sanyodo
"on the sunny side of the mountains"

The first part of the Sanyo Kaido 山陽街道 runs from Kyoto to 西宮 Nishinomiya in 兵庫県 Hyogo
Also called 山崎通り Yamazaki-dori.

The main Saigoku Kaido 西国街道 Highway to the Western Provinces
runs from Nishinomiya to 下関 Shimonoseki in 山口県 Yamaguchi.
- also called
西国路（さいごく〈さいこく・せいごく・せいこく〉じ）Saigokuji
or
Chugoku Kaido 中国街道, Chugokuji 中国路, Sanyoji 山陽路

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San'yōdō (山陽道) is a Japanese geographical term.
It means both an ancient division of the country and the main road running through it. The San'yōdō corresponds for the most part with the modern conception of the San'yō region. This name derives from the idea that the southern side of the central mountain chain running through Honshū was the "sunny" side, while the northern side was the "shady" (山陰 San'in) side.
The region was established as one of the Gokishichidō (Five provinces and seven roads) during the Asuka period (538-710), and consisted of the following eight ancient provinces: Harima, Mimasaka, Bizen, Bitchū, Bingo, Aki, Suō and Nagato. However, this system gradually disappeared by the Muromachi period (1333-1467).
The San'yōdō, however,
continued to be important, and highly trafficked through the Edo period (1603-1867). Running mostly east-west, its eastern terminus, along with those of most of the medieval highways (街道, kaidō), was at Kyoto. From there it ran west through Fushimi, Yodo, Yamazaki, and Hyōgo; from there it followed the coast of the Seto Inland Sea to Hagi, near Shimonoseki, the western terminus of both the San'yōdō and the San'indō, and very near the westernmost end of the island of Honshū. It ran a total of roughly 145 ri (approx. 350 miles).
As might be expected,
the road served an important strategic and logistical role in a number of military situations over the course of the years. Emperor Go-Daigo in the 14th century, Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the 16th century, and many others used it to flee from conflict, to return to the core of the country (kinai), or to move troops. Many daimyō also used this road as part of their mandatory journeys (sankin kotai) to Edo under the Tokugawa shogunate. The road also served the more everyday purpose of providing transport for merchants, traveling entertainers, pilgrims and other commoners.
The modern national highway, Route 2, the San'yō Expressway, and the San'yō Main Line of the West Japan Railway Company, follow the approximate route of the San'yōdō.
- source : wikipedia

. Harima Kaido 播磨街道 Harima Highway .
播磨大路 Harima Oji // 播磨大道 Harima Daido

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京都 - 西宮（山崎通り　Yamazakidori ）- Yamazaki Kaido 山崎街道
Starting in Kyoto.
The part from Kyoto to Yamazaki is called called
唐街道 Kara Kaido

Often used for Sankin Kotai to avoid Osaka.

- six postal stations along the road

山崎宿（大山崎町・島本町） - Yamazaki
芥川宿（高槻市）- Akutagawa
郡山宿（茨木市）- Koriyama
瀬川宿（箕面市）- Segawa
昆陽宿（伊丹市）- Koya
西宮宿（西宮市）- Nishinomiya

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- A small by-road from Nishinomiya to 宝塚Takarazuka is called
Nishinomiya Kaido 西宮街道 Nishinomiya Highway
The last station is called
Kohama juku 小浜宿 Kohama

This road was also called
Uma Kaido 馬街道 "road for the horses"

Along the road were some famous spots :

Mukogawa 武庫川 river Mukogawa
Iwashizu Jinja 伊和志津神社 Shrine
Heirinji 平林寺 Temple Heirin-Ji
Takarazuka Jinja 宝塚神社 Shrine
Monkoten Jinja, Monko Tenjin Sha, (Monto Tenjin Sha) 門戸天神社 Shrine

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The Saigoku Kaido 西国街道 Highway to the Western Provinces
from 西宮 Nichinomiya to 下関 Shimonoseki

- 50 postal stations along the road

-- 京都東寺 - 起点 - starting station Kyoto Temple To-Ji
01 山崎（大山崎町・島本町）- Yamazaki
02 芥川（高槻市） - Akutagawa
03 郡山（茨木市）- Koriyama
04 瀬川（箕面市）- Segawa (Mino city)
- - - - - branching off to . Nose Kaido 能勢街道 Nose Highway .
05 昆陽（伊丹市）- Koya
06 西宮（西宮市）- Nishinomiya

07 大蔵谷（明石市）- Okuradani
08 加古川（加古川市）- Kakogawa
09 御着（姫路市) - Gochaku
10 姫路（姫路市）- Himeji
11 正條（たつの市）- Shojo
12 片島（たつの市）- Katashima
13 有年（赤穂市）- Yunen
14 三石（備前市）- Mitsuishi
15 片上（備前市）- Katakami
16 藤井（岡山市）- Fujii
17 岡山（岡山市）- Okayama
18 板倉（岡山市）- Itakura
19 川辺（倉敷市）- Kawabe

20 矢掛（矢掛町）- Yakake
21 七日市（井原市）- Nanukaichi
22 高屋（井原市）- Takaya
23 神辺（福山市）- Kannabe
24 今津（福山市）- Imazu
25 尾道（尾道市）- Onomichi
26 三原（三原市）- Mihara
27 本郷（三原市）- Hongo
28 四日市（東広島市） Yokkaichi - (also called 西条 Saijo)
29 海田市（海田町）- Kaitaichi

30 広島（広島市）- Hiroshima
31 廿日市（廿日市市）- Hatsukaichi
32 玖波（大竹市）- Kuba
33 関戸（岩国市）- Sekido
34 玖珂（岩国市）- Kuga
35 高森（岩国市）- Takamori
36 今市（周南市）- Imaichi
37 呼坂（周南市）- Yobisaka
38 久保市（下松市）- Kuboichi
39 花岡（下松市）- Hanaoka

40 徳山（周南市）- Tokuyama
41 福川（周南市）- Fukugawa
42 富海（防府市）- Tonomi
43 宮市（防府市）- Miyaichi
44 小郡（山口市）- Ogori
45 山中（宇部市）- Yamanaka
46 船木（宇部市）- Funaki
47 厚狭市（山陽小野田市）- Asaichi
48 吉田（下関市）- Yoshida
49 小月（下関市）- Ozuki
50 長府（下関市）- Chofu
-- 下関（下関市） - - final station - Shimonoseki

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- - - - - Connecting Kyoto with Osaka

- 鳥羽街道 Toba Kaido - 京街道 Kyo Kaido - 大坂街道 Osaka Kaido
From Kyoto 京都の羅城門跡 Rashomon remains to 淀 Yodo.
Also connected to the 東海道 Tokaido　Highway.

. 京街道　Kyōkaidō　- Kyo Kaido Kyoto Highway .
an old name for the Osaka Kaido.

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Chugoku Kaido 中国街道 / 中国路 Chugoku ji / Chugoku Hama Kaido 浜街道
From the center of Osaka 大坂城下高麗橋 connecting to the 西国街道 Saigoku Kaido.
via 難波橋 Naniwabashi,
十三の渡し Juso no watashi,
神崎の渡し Kanzaki no watashi,
大物浦 Daimono Ura,
尼崎城下 Amagasaki castle town
. hamakaido, hama kaido 浜街道 coastal roads, "road along the beach" .

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. Tokugawa michi 徳川道 Road for Tokugawa .
A branch road of the Sanyodo.
Starting from present day 灘区御影石町 Kobe, Nada ward, Mikage-Ishimachi
back to the Sanyodo at
present day 明石市大蔵谷 Hyogo, Akashi city, Okuradani

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. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

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知多郡 Chita district / 中国道 Chugoku do Road

. Kōbō Daishi Kūkai 弘法大師　空海 - 伝説　 Kobo Daishi Kukai Legends .
migawari Daishi 身代わり大師 Kobo Daishi substitutes for us

Once a man was on his way home from a trip to the Ise Shrine. On the 中国道 Chugoku road a truck came the wrong way, hit his car and he was thrown out. He climbed out of his car and checked his body for injuries, but he did not even have a small scratch.
When he came home and checked his pocket, he found an amulet of Kobo Daishi substituting for humans - that has helped him !

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- - - - - Legends from the essay 旧山陽道周辺の山伏寺
(Temples for Yamabushi mountain priests along the old Sanyodo Road)
by 中山薫 Nakayama Kaoru

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吉備郡 Kibi district 足守町 Ashimori town

. kitsune densetsu 狐と伝説 fox legends .

At many temples where Yamabushi come to practise, they perform rituals to protect people from illness or misfortune.
Often malicious foxes are responsible for this.
At the temple 神福寺 Shinpuku-Ji there is a fox revered as
. ushirogami ウシロ神 Kami in the back .
who can also help to protect people

- - - - - Ushirogami 後神 / ウシロ神 "behind spirit"
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Ushirogami looks like a ghost with long black hair, and a large single eyeball located on the top of its head. It doesn’t have feet, but instead has a long, twisting body which allows it to leap high into the air.
... Ushirogami is thought to be a kind of okubyogami — a spirit that causes cowardice, or that specifically targets cowardly people. Its name comes from the words ushiro (behind) and kami (spirit).
However, there is a hidden pun in its name: ushirogami also means the hair on the back of your neck, and the phrase ushirogami wo hikikaeru (to have the hairs on the back of your neck pulled) means to do something with painful reluctance. It describes a person who has to do something that they really don’t want to do. As they search for some way out of it, they turn around and look behind them as if the hairs in the back of their head were being metaphorically pulled. The pun is that the ushirogami (spirit) is pulling on your ushirogami (hair), causing you to become cowardly and not want to do something. You turn around to see who pulled your hair, but there is no one back there. Thus the ushirogami can be explained as both an external entity which causes fear, or as the internal personification of your own cowardice or reluctance.
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井原市 Ibara 東江原 Higashiebara

. Tengu 天狗と伝説 Tengu legends "Long-nosed Goblin" .

At the Yamabushi Temple 福寿院 Fukuju-In they perform byooki kitoo 病気祈祷 rituals to ward off illness.
People bewitched by a fox also come here for help.
At the graveyard of the temple a Tengu is venerated, there is even a special 天狗腰掛の松 pine tree where the Tengu comes to sit.

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Mukogawa 武庫川 River Mukogawa / Hyogo 兵庫県

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... The Muko River originates at Mount Shirakami (白髪山 Shirakami-yama) in the Tanba Highland. It flows through the Sanda Basin, and creates the Mukogawa Keikoku Ravine between Sanda and Takarazuka. It continues into Osaka Plain at Takarazuka, and flows in the Osaka Metropolitan Area to create the borders between Takarazuka and Itami as well as between Nishinomiya and Amagasaki. This river flows into Osaka Bay, and was used to transport the Kohama style of sake from the Kohama-juku (小浜宿) in Amagasaki Domain of Settsu Province during the Edo period. ...
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hotaru 蛍 fireflies along the river Mukogawa
The fireflies along the river Mukogawa are said to be the "demon fires" in memory of the Samurai 明智光秀 Akechi Mitsuhide and his family.

. onibi 鬼火 / kika キカ "demon fire", "devil's fire" .
. Akechi Mitsuhide 明智光秀 (1528 - 1582) .
. hotaru 蛍 firefly legends .

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obame オバメ ghostly fire
Near the river 武庫川 Mukogawa there is 石塚 a stone mound with the inscription Kameido no Hokora 亀井戸の社 "Shrine of Kameido".
In former times criminals were executed there (ishikozume 石子詰め) by burring them in the ground with the head sticking out.
On summer nights a ghostly fire is flickering above this stone.

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rooshoo 老樟 the old camphor tree
At the bank of the river 武庫川 Mukogawa there is an old camphor tree with two main trunks.
If someone cuts it down, there will be a large fire and the man will be cursed.
During some repairs to the riverside the tree was cut down. The man who did it broke his nokogiri 鋸 saw and he developed a high fever.

. kusu no ki 樟の木 camphor tree, Cinnamomum camphora .

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Takarazuka 宝塚 Hyogo 兵庫県

takara zuka 寶塚 a mound full of treasures
This name refers to the treasures burried by Jingu Kogo. If people find something worth picking up on this mountain, they will be lucky.

. Empress Jingu Kogo 神功皇后 / 神宮皇后 .
AD 170 - 269, Regent from 201 - 269

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This town has a long history.
In 825, the Sumiyoshi Shrine was built.
Between 1492 and 1500: Kohama town was established as a temple town for Koushou-ji.
- Now it is best known for the Takarazuka Grand Theatre (宝塚大劇場 Takarazuka Dai Gekijō)
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ryuume 竜馬 "dragon horse"
Minamoto no Mitsunaka 源満仲 (912 - 997) had been asked by 竜女 Ryujo, a Dragon Lady, to kill a daija 大蛇 huge serpent.
As a reward he got a ryuuma 竜馬 "dragon horse" with horns.
Its skull is buried at the temple 普明寺 Fumyo-Ji. The bones are useful for amagoi 雨乞い rain rituals.

. amagoi 雨乞いと伝説 Legends about rain rituals / Regenzauber .

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. ryuujin 竜神 /龍神と伝説 Ryujin, Legends about the Dragon Deity .
To perform amagoi 雨乞い rain rituals, the head of ushi 牛 a bull is offered on the side where the waterfall comes down at the ryuujin-iwa 龍神岩 Dragon-God Boulder.
The fresh blood of the animal falls down along the boulder.
If the Dragon God feels the blood, he gets angry and makes rain to fall and storm to blow.

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- reference : nichibun yokai database -
山陽道 / 中国道 / 武庫川 / 宝塚

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. Sanin Kaido 山陰街道 Sanin Highway, San'in Highway .
San'indō 山陰道 Sanin-Do, Sanindo / そとものみち Sotomono Michi
"in the shade of the mountains"

. kaidoo 街道と伝説 Legends about the old Kaido highways .

. Kaido 街道 Highways - ABC Index .

. Famous Places and Powerspots of Edo　江戸の名所 .

. Edo bakufu 江戸幕府 The Edo Government .

. Doing Business in Edo - 商売　- Introduction .

. shokunin 職人 craftsman, craftsmen, artisan, Handwerker .

. senryu, senryū 川柳　Senryu poems in Edo .

. Japanese Architecture - The Japanese Home .

. Interior Design - The Japanese Home .

. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

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9/10/2019

Sanin Kaido Highway

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San'indō (山陰道) is a Japanese geographical term.
It means both an ancient division of the country and the main road running through it.
San'in translates to "the shaded side of a mountain", while dō, depending on the context, can mean either a road, or a circuit, in the sense of delineating a region. This name derives from the idea that the northern side of the central mountain chain running through Honshū was the "shaded" side, while the southern side was the "sunny" (山陽 San'yō) side. The pre-modern region corresponds for the most part with the modern conception of the San'in region.
The region was established as one of the 五畿七道 Gokishichidō (Five provinces and seven roads) (kinai shichidoo 畿内七道)
during the Asuka period (538-710), and consisted of the following eight ancient provinces: Tanba, Tango, Tajima, Inaba, Hōki, Izumo, Iwami and Oki. However, this system gradually disappeared in the centuries leading up to the Muromachi period (1333-1467).
The San'indō, however,
continued to be important, and highly trafficked through the Edo period (1603-1867). Running mostly east-west, its eastern terminus, along with those of most of the medieval highways (街道, kaidō), was at Kyoto. From there it followed the coast of the Sea of Japan to Hagi, near Shimonoseki, the western terminus of both the San'yōdō and the San'indō, and very near the westernmost end of the island of Honshū. Though the road originally terminated in the west at Hagi, the lords of Chōshū Domain at some point during the Edo period changed it to end at Yamaguchi.
As might be expected,
the road served an important strategic and logistical role in a number of military situations over the course of the years. Ashikaga Takauji in the 14th century, Akechi Mitsuhide in the 16th century, and many others used it to flee from conflict, to return to the core of the country (kinai), or to move troops. Many daimyōs also used this road as part of their mandatory journeys (sankin-kōtai) to Edo under the Tokugawa shogunate. Of course, the road also served the more everyday purpose of providing transport for merchants, traveling entertainers, pilgrims and other commoners.
Today, Route 9, the San'in Expressway, and the San'in Main Line of the West Japan Railway Company follow the approximate route of the San'indō.
- - - More in the WIKIPEDIA !

. Gokishichidō 五畿七道 Gokishichido - Five provinces and seven roads .
and
Nankaido 南海道 Southern Coast Route, Southern Sea Road

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- Postal stations along the road

三条大橋（京都府京都市東山区） - starting point - Kyoto Sanjo Ohashi Bridge
01 樫原宿（京都府京都市西京区）- Kataghara
02 亀山宿（京都府亀岡市 Kameoka city）- Kameyama
03 園部宿（京都府南丹市）- Sonobe
04 須知宿（京都府船井郡京丹波町）- Shuchi
05 檜山宿（京都府船井郡京丹波町）- Hinokiyama
06 菟原宿（京都府福知山市）- Ubara
07 福知山宿（京都府福知山市）- Fukuchiyama

08 和田山宿（兵庫県朝来市）- Wadayama - Hyogo
00 八鹿宿（兵庫県養父市）- Yoka
10 村岡宿（兵庫県美方郡香美町）- Muraoka

11 鳥取宿（鳥取県鳥取市）- Tottori
- - - - - branching off to the
- - - - - . Inaba Kaido 因幡街道 Inaba Highway .
12 母木宿（鳥取県鳥取市）- Hahaki
13 青屋宿（鳥取県鳥取市）- Aoya
14 泊宿（鳥取県東伯郡湯梨浜町）- Tomari
15 橋津宿（鳥取県東伯郡湯梨浜町）- Hashizu
16 長瀬宿（鳥取県東伯郡湯梨浜町）- Nagase
17 由良宿（鳥取県東伯郡北栄町）- Yura
18 八橋宿（鳥取県東伯郡琴浦町）- Yabase
19 赤崎宿（鳥取県東伯郡琴浦町）- Akasaki
20 下市宿（鳥取県西伯郡大山町）- Shimoichi
21 御来屋宿（鳥取県西伯郡大山町）- Mikuriya
22 淀江宿（鳥取県米子市）- Yodoe
23 米子宿（鳥取県米子市）- Yonago

24 安来宿（島根県安来市）- Yasugi - Shimane
25 出雲郷宿（島根県松江市）- Izumogo
26 松江宿（島根県松江市）- Matsue
27 宍道宿（島根県松江市）- Shinji
28 今市宿（島根県出雲市）- Imaichi
29 温泉津宿（島根県大田市）- Yunotsu

30 郷田宿（島根県江津市）- Goda
31 浜田宿（島根県浜田市）- Hamada
32 三隅宿（島根県浜田市）- Misumi
33 益田宿（島根県益田市）- Masuda
34 津和野宿（島根県鹿足郡津和野町）- Tsuwano

35 山口宿（山口県山口市）- Yamaguchi
36 小郡宿（山口県山口市）- Ogori

. Kameoka Kaido 亀岡街道 Kameoka Highway .
Connecting Osaka with 亀岡 Kameoka city in Tango.

. Sasayama Kaido 篠山街道 .
Connecting 亀岡 Kameoka with Wadayama 和田山.

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The part through Shimane is also called

山陰道伯耆街道 Hoki Kaido
Hoki Daisen is a famous mountain in the area.

. 伯耆大山清光坊 Hoki Daisen Seiko-Bo - Tengu .

This road was used for Sankin Kotai.

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松江城 Matsue Castle
松江大橋 Great Bridge at Matsue
塩楯 Shiotate - 手間天神 Tema Tenjin Shrine
阿太加夜神社 Adakaya Shrine
- - - - - . Adakaya Shrine Festival .

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因幡 - 伯耆のみち - 檮原街道 Inaba, Hōki / Hoki no Michi, Yusuhara Kaido
司馬遼太郎「街道をゆく」Ryōtarō Shiba Ryotaro

. The White Rabbit of Inaba 因幡の白兎 - Legend .

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Tsuwano (津和野町 Tsuwano-chō) is a town located in Kanoashi District, Shimane Prefecture.
... Popularly called the "Little Kyoto of San-In," Tsuwano is known for its picturesque main street, "Tono-machi," which is lined with Edo-era buildings and Koi ponds. It also boasts one of the oldest still-used "Yabusame" (horse back archery) ranges in all of Japan, and its annual Yabusame festival on the second Sunday of April is a large tourist draw for the San-In region. ...
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. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

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. tsuchinoko hebi 槌の子蛇 hammerspawn legends .
Hammerspawns had been sighted at various spots in Kyoto. Also at 老ノ坂峠 the Oinosaka Pass on 山陰街道 the Sanin Kaido.

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Shrine 中山八幡宮 Nakayama Hachiman Gu
Once there came a ragged traveler to a home and was kept over night in a friendly way.
Next morning he said he was a Kami 神 God, placed a mirror in the garden and left.
This is the origin of the Shrine 中山八幡宮 Nakayama Hachiman Gu.

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Shrine 武宮神社 Takemiya Jinja
亀井茲矩 Lord Kamei Korenori (1557 - 1612) came to live in the mountains near Takemiya Jinja. He and his family were ill and had a lot of misfortune, so he moved to Tsuwano.
But he later came back to his place.

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He was first a retainer under the Amago clan of Izumo Province, but eventually became a daimyō in his own right.
... Receiving Shikano castle in Inaba Province as a reward for his notable service in 1578, Korenori ascended to higher rank as he assisted in Hideyoshi's 1587 invasion of Kyūshū. Interested in earning further fortunes in foreign trade, he requested to obtain lands in the coastal domains of Izumo Province, which possessed high quality harbors, in recognition of his past service against the Mōri and other clans of Kyūshū. However, his request was denied, as Izumo had already been given to the Mōri as a part of the truce agreements between the Mōri and Hideyoshi. Korenori then asked for the Ryukyu Islands instead; a paper fan inscribed with the date, Hideyoshi's signature, and the title "Kamei, Lord of Ryukyu" (亀井琉球の守, Kamei Ryūkyū no kami), found by Korean forces on a ship captured during Hideyoshi's invasions of Korea serves as evidence that Hideyoshi at least nominally offered the post to Korenori. However, Hideyoshi had no rightful claim to the islands, which were at the time the independent Ryūkyū Kingdom. Korenori sent a small force to take control of the islands, but was blocked by the Shimazu clan of Satsuma Province, who jealously guarded a special relationship, including exclusive trading rights, with the kingdom.
Korenori was thus unable to wield any actual claim or control over the islands, and following Hideyoshi's death in 1598, entered the service of Tokugawa Ieyasu. Following the Sekigahara Campaign of 1600, his income was raised from 13,000 to 43,000 koku as a reward for his service to the Tokugawa clan.
Korenori died of natural causes in 1612.
Korenori's descendants were eventually made daimyō (lords) of the Tsuwano Domain, which they ruled until the Meiji Restoration (1868).
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- reference : nichibun yokai database -

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9/08/2019

Noneyama Kaido Highway

also called
宿屋杉のみち Yadoyasugi no michi

岩佐関所のみち Iwasa Sekisho no michi

甲浦ポンカンのみち Kannoura ponkan no michi

Along the road are still many ichirizuka 一里塚 and gorizuka 五里塚 one mile and five mile markers.
Many travelers spent the night at
Yadoya Sugi 宿屋杉 "cedar tree inn".
For 参勤交代 Sankin Kotai there were various stops:
朝休み場 Asa-yasumiba, お茶屋場, O-Chayaba, shiki-ishi 敷石 stones at the pass 装束峠 Shozoku Toge
岩佐の関所跡 Iwasa no Sekisho ato - remains of the Barrier at Iwasa

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宿屋杉のみち Yadoyasugi no michi - 18,8 km
road of the Cedar tree serving as an inn

This old cedar tree of more than 1000 years was destroyed during the typhoon in 1934.
It used to have a circumference of about 16 m and was 32 m high.
Even now people can spend the night in its cavities.

Nearby is also a sanrizuka 三里塚 mile marker of 3 miles.

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the pass 熊笹峠 Kumazasa Toge

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岩佐関所のみち Iwasa Sekisho no michi - 16,8 km

In former times there was a barrier at 岩佐村 Iwasa village.
There are the remains of the estate of the Kinoshita family and the grave of 木下由里 Kinoshita Yuri.
The legend about Yuri is told below.

Emperor 土御門上皇 Tsuchimikado (1196 - 1231) named 岩佐の清水 the clear water at Iwasa.

- and also on the way are

地蔵峠 Jizo Toge pass
五里塚 Gorizuka
一の門 Ichinomon
四郎ヶ野峠 Shirogane Toge pass
二本松 Nihonmatsu
野根川橋 Nonekawabashi bridge

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甲浦ポンカンのみち Kannoura ponkan no michi - 2,5 km

The harbour 甲浦港 Kannoura and the coastline of Shirahama 白浜海岸 are well worth a visit.
Kannoura is famous for its ponkan ポンカン ponkan mandarin ('Chinese Honey Orange') - Citrus reticulata.
Ponkan is now probably the most widely-grown mandarin in the world. The fruit is rather large for a mandarin.
This road continues to 徳島 Tokushima and the road 水床探求のみち　Mitoko Tankyu no Michi.

- reference source : 水床探求の道 -

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- reference : pref.kochi ... Shikoku no Michi
- reference : 古道歩き -
- reference : Yamareco -
- reference : HWAC Hiroshima -
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. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

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安芸郡 Aki district 奈半利町 Nahari town

kosodate yuurei 子育て幽霊 a ghost nursing the baby
Once upon a time a woman named 由里 Yuri married into the family of the shooya 庄屋 village headman and soon a baby was born. The woman became ill with a lung disease and was sent back to her family, where she died.
From then on, every night they heard the sound of someone knocking on the main gate, calling the name of the child. Then the baby heard the voice, it woke up and begun to make the movements of drinking from mother's breast. This went on for a long time.
The villagers thought that Yuri had come back nursing her child after all.

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. inoshishi 猪と伝説 Legends about the wild boar, .
Once a mountain forest worker was on his way home when he observed a wolf and a wild boar fighting and biting each other.
When he passed the same spot next morning, there were only the bones of both animals, they had eaten each other to the last bite of the flesh and the bones were still biting.

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. tanuki 狸 - mujina 狢 - racoon dog, badger legends .
There came a 参勤交代 Sankin Kotai procession somewhat out of season and the villagers got suspicious. One of them called out "I can see your tail" and then the old Tanuki showed their real features. The villagers later told the Tanuki that the real procession was coming soon. The Tanuki appeared again, was called out and then the Samurai killed him.

. sankin kootai 参勤交代 Sankin Kotai Daimyo attendance in Edo .
- daimyō gyōretsu 大名行列　Daimyo procession to and from Edo

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warai tsuga 笑い栂 laughing Tsuga tree
Around 1850 a woodcutter on his way to the mountain forest heard a voice calling:
"I'm deep in the mountain!"
He became afraid and fled downhill, taking a break under a tree. There he heard a loud voice laughing up in the tree, so he ran home as fast as he could. When he came home all his toes were cut off.
Since then this tree is called "the laughing Tsuga tree".

tsuga no ki 栂の木 Tsuga tree (Tsuga sieboldii)

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- reference : nichibun yokai database -

野根山街道の民話 by 前田年雄 Maedo Toshio

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