Heian Period Japan

2016-05-10

goshiki five colors legends

The concept GOSHIKI comes from Buddhist philosphy ...
. Goshiki 五色　means "Five Colors". .
- Introduction -
- with many haiku about things in five colors.

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goshiki no hata 五色旗 prayer flags of five colors
goshikibata 五色旗 for Shinto rituals

Representing the five elements
wood 木・ fire 火・ earth 土・ metal 金・ water 水

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goshiki no hana musubi 五色の花むすび rice balls in five "blossom" colors

● 赤かぶ aka-kabu - red turnips
● 青菜 - aona - "green leaves"
● 青じそ aoshiso - red Shiso
● にんじん ninjin - carrots
● しば漬け shibazuke - pickles

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goshiki no niji 五色の虹 rainbow of five colors

source : CD Yasunobu Matsuo

tojukei 吐綬鶏 legendary Chinese turkey
If he puts out his tail feathers they shine like a rainbow in five colors.

goshiki no hikari 五色の光 rays of five colors

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goshiki 五色鮮蔬 fresh vegetables in five colors

source : iyokannet.jp/front/gourmet

Legend knows this:
In the early Edo period the daughter of 八代目市佐衛門 Ichizaemon visited 松山市の椿神社 the Tsubaki Shrine in Matsuyama, she had the strings of her geta in five beautiful colors.
When the founder of 長門屋 Nagatoya saw this, he got the idea for the Somen noodles.

Masaoka Shiki wrote the following:

文月のものよ五色の糸そうめん
fumizuki no mono yo goshiki no ito soomen

so good in the
seventh month - Somen noodles
in five colors

. Masaoka Shiki 正岡子規 .
fumizuki 文月 the 7th month in the Asian lunar calendar

. soomen 索麺 thin Somen noodles .
a speciality in the hot summer months

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.......................................................................... Aichi 愛知県 ......................................

goshiki ryuujin 五色龍神 Dragon God of five colors
In the 犬山市 Inuyama region
There are many legends about the 老松 old pine tree of 白山神社 Hakusan Jinja an the five dragons in its roots.
If someone touched this root, he himself or someone of his family would get ill.
Once after a typhoon it lost many branches, and people took them home secretely, but they all died soon after.

But the local fishermen got blessings from the five-colored Dragon Deities.

.......................................................................... Chiba 千葉県 ......................................

goshiki no hana 五色の花 flowers of five colors
Once there was a real bad guy in 上総国福津 Kazusa no Kuni, called じゃじゃ庄右衛門 Jaja Shoemon. But one day he changed his ways and became a follower of Amida, reciting the Nenbutsu prayer. Then one day he got ill. said good bye to all his friends and slipped away to paradise.
Seven days later it rained flowers of five colors from the sky.

.......................................................................... Ehime 愛媛県 ......................................
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今治市 Imabari関前岡村 Sekizen

goshiki no nami 五色の波 waves of five colors
When the waves shine in five colors, this is the doing of エンコ Enko, the Kappa.

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今治市 Imabari 吉海町 Yoshiumi

goshiki no ito 五色の糸 string of five colors
ryuugonsan リュウゴンサン / 龍王神 the Dragon Deity
If people drop a sword or knife or anyhting with a blade in the water, they will be curved. If by bad luck they dropped something, they have to make an offering of a string in five colors to appease the deity.

.......................................................................... Kagawa 香川県 ......................................

Goshikidai 五色台 / Sanuki no Goshikidai 讃岐の五色台

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Goshikidai is a plateau which juts into the Seto Inland Sea, located to the West of Takamatsu City.
The name "goshiki" means "five colors" and it was so named for the five peaks which are respectively red, yellow, blue, black, and white in color.
From this location, visitors can look out over the Seto Inland Sea and the Seto Ohashi bridge, and the Goshikidai Skyline is a great road for a scenic drive. There are a number of facilities on Goshikidai designed to help visitors get the most out of their encounters with the abundant nature on the plateau.
Furthermore, it is said that a great fire that occurred here over one thousand years ago was the cause of the unusual stone, sanukite, to be produced. This stone makes a beautiful tone when struck, and for this reason it is also known as kankan stone. The stone has been made into musical instruments for its beautiful tone, and is loved by musicians and used in concerts worldwide.
- source : city.takamatsu.kagawa.jp -

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多度津町 Tadotsu

goshiki no tanzaku 五色の短冊 Tanzaku poetry slips of five colors
For the rituals at the end of the New Year holidays (January 14) the young people make a long 注連縄 Shimenawa rope decoration and hang the Tanzaku in five colors on it.

.......................................................................... Kyoto 京都府 ......................................
竹野郡 Chikuno district, 網野町 Amino

goshikigahama 五色が浜 / 五色ケ浜 "Beach of five colors"
goshiki hama, goshikihama 五色浜in Shioe
Once upon a time
they found a dead young woman, drowned, with the baby in her arms.
The baby cried, but when it took one of the small colorful pebbles from the beach in his hand, it stopped crying. But then the baby died too.
Now if people take the colorful pebbles from the beach, they will become strong stomach ache. But when they say this spell, the pain will go away:
子どもや、おまえの石をもろうて行くで
kodomo ya, omae no ishi o moroote iku de

goshiki ishi 五色石 colorful pebbles

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goshikifu, goshiki fu 色麩色 Fu gluten in five colors

雛の膳京の五色麩色どりに
hina no zen kyoo no goshiki fu irodori ni

food for the Hina dolls
the Fu of Kyoto
in five colors

岩田つねゑ Iwada Tsune

. fu ふ (麩) wheat gluten .

.......................................................................... Miyagi 宮城県 ......................................
登米町 Toyomama

goshiki nashi 五色梨 Nashi pears of five colors
Once a big tree had fruit of five colors. In its trunk was a large hole. If people made a wish in this hole, the wish was granted.

.......................................................................... Nagano 長野県 ......................................
飯田市 Iida

goshiki no na 五色の菜 leaves of five colors
for the festival of Ebisu 恵比寿様 on the 20th day of the 10th month.
Served as offerings with red Azuki rice, and Sanma or Iwashi fish.

.......................................................................... Nara 奈良県 ......................................

source : ameblo.jp/0-leporello
five-colored string from 長谷寺－ Hasedera, Nara
五色の糸で作られた腕輪 bracelet of five-colored string - 五色線 -

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月ヶ瀬村 Tsukigase

goshiki no kuruma 五色の車 car of five colors
Once upon a time
when people went out to watch fireflies, there came a demon flying over from the graves.
When someone had died, a car of five colors came from the graveyard to pick him up.
And colorful rays of yellow, green or blue could be seen, then it rained.

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宇陀郡 Uda district 室生村 Muro

goshiki no tsume 五色の爪 nails of five colors of the 竜王 Dragon Deity
At the Temple Muro-Ji 室生寺の境内 along the river 室生川 the saint 慶円上人 Keien (1140 - 1223) once passed. At the riverside a female Dragon King 善女竜王 waited for him. He asked her to show her real features and after some discussion, she turned into a black cloud and showed her right hand. It had long nails of about 3 cm in five colors.
Since than the riverbank is called 爪出が淵 Tsumedegafuchi.

- reference : hakuhou/oniwa -

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大和高田市 Yamato Takada

goshiki no kiri 五色の霧 fog of five colors
役行者 En no Gyoja and hitotsume-gaeru 一つ目蛙 a frog with one eye
役行者の母の刀良売が奥田の蓮池の堤で療養していたとき、五色の霧が立ちこめて池の中から蓮の茎が伸びて2つの白蓮が咲き、金色の蛙が鳴いた。刀良売が萱を1本投げると、霧も蓮も消え、蛙も褐色に変わって一つ目になってしまった。刀良売は病が重くなり、ついには他界した。以来奥田蓮池の蛙は一つ目蛙だという。

.......................................................................... Okinawa 沖縄県 ......................................

goshiki sen 五色鮮 five bright colors
琉球国にキミテズリという神が出現し、その前に国上の深山にアヲリという物が出た。五色鮮やかで荘厳なものであり、三の岳に3本出たという。これは非常に大きく、一山を覆い尽くすほどだった。10月に必ず出たという。

.......................................................................... Tokushima 徳島県 ......................................
阿波郡 Awa district

goshiki no hana 五色の花 flowers of five colors
阿州阿波郡鏡原に住む妙西尼は、父とともにこの地にやってきて乞食念仏を行った。父が死んで2年経った時に自分の死期を悟ったので、西に向かって端座し、念仏を唱えながら臨終した。その時部屋中に異香が立ちこめ近隣にまで漂い、また紫雲がたなびいて五色の花びらが降ってきたという。

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goshiki no hana 五色の花 flowers of five colors
When the wive of Shogun Hidetada, 崇源院 Sogen-In (1573 - 1626) was ill in the year 寛永3年9月15日, prayers were said for her recovery. There were 紫雲が3筋 three strings of purple coluds in the sky and it rained flowers of five colors from the sky. All the people of the town prayed for her.

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goshiki no hata 五色の機 prayer flags of five colors
and Hiimisama 日忌様
Once upon a time in Oshima Island 昔々、大島の泉津村の代官は租税の取り立てなど、すべてにおいて暴虐だったため、正月24日の夜、村の若者25人に切り殺された。若者たちはその夜のうちに波治加麻明神の大木を切り倒して造った丸木舟で村を逃れたが、暴風で舟が転覆して、皆死んでしまった。その後、毎年正月24日の夜中には25人の霊が丸木舟に乗り、五色の機を立てて村を訪れるという。

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goshiki no hata 五色の旗 flags of five colors
In 神津島 Kozushima for nijuugonichi sama 二十五日様
二十五日様は死人の祟りともいう。水が呑みたいという人が来たが、正月25日だったので誰も水をやらなかった。その人は船で三宅島の方に行ったが、着く前に死んだ。その幽霊が五色の旗を立ててくるのだという。

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goshiki no juzu 五色の数珠 rosary of five colors
At temple Zōjō-ji 三縁山増上寺 Zojo-Ji the priest 了学上人 Ryogaku (1549 - 1634) felt his death coming on the 15th day of the first month in 1632, so he chanted the Nenbutsu prayer till the end. After his body was burned, they found many shari 舎利 sacred bones. His hands holding the 水晶の数珠 crystal rosary were still visible, the rosary sparkled in five colors.

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goshiki no kumo 五色の雲 clouds of five colors
In the year 1825 on the 15th day of the 8th month, the writer 外岡北海 Sotooka Hokkai passed along the Koishikawa Denzu-In, when clouds in five colors passed all over the sky. The white clouds above the village floated over the sky, shining ans sparkling in all colors. When people asked where these clouds came from, he said they had already been there when he reached the spot.

文京区小石川3-14-6 小石川伝通院 Kyoto, Koishikawa Denzu-In
- reference : denzuin.or.jp-

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. 田無神社 Tanashi Jinja .
Tokyo, Nishitokyo, 田無町3−7−4 Tanashi
This shrine is known for beautiful wood carvings.

goshiki ryuujin 五色龍神 Dragon Gods of five colors

source : yorokobii.exblog.jp

金龍神 Golden - 白龍神 - White - 黒龍神 Black - 赤龍神 Red - 青龍神 Green

.......................................................................... Wakayama 和歌山 ......................................

. Itsu iro kappa いついろかっぱ Kappa of five colors .
from Shirahama 白浜 "the White Beach"

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- reference : nichibun yokai database 妖怪データベース -

. hyaku nezu 百鼠 the 100 subdued colors of Edo .

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. ryuu, ryū 龍　竜　伝説　Ryu - dragon legends .

. Japanese legends and tales 伝説　民話　昔話 - Introduction .

- Yookai 妖怪 Yokai Monsters of Japan -
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2016-05-06

soba buckwheat noodle legends

Daruma eating buckwheat noodles

Soba is a type of thin Japanese noodle made from buckwheat flour. It is served either chilled with a dipping sauce, or in hot broth as a noodle soup.
Soba grows in regions not suited for rice, so it is the "food of the poor" in mountain regions.

. soba 蕎麦 buckwheat - Buchweizen .
- Introduction -

When Isabella Bird (1831 - 1904)
was served Buckwheat noodles and Takuan for the first time (and a few times later), she compared the noodles to "earthworms" and the smell of Takuan to a skunk.

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sobachoko, soba choko 蕎麦猪口 small pot with sauce to dip the Soba in

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akuboshi 悪星 "unauspicious star"
In the middle of May an unauspicious "bad star" appeared in the sky in the South. Everybody was afraid, because they were told whoever looked at this star will die.
But they also said that if you eat Soba right after that, you will not die.

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soy beans 大豆 daizu - red beans 小豆 azuki - 蕎麦 Soba - barley 麦 mugi

Around the 25th day of the 1st month in the year 1733 (享保18年1月25日頃) it suddenly rained grains from the sky in the Ise and Kinki region. People picked them up, made flour from them and ate them as dumplings.
On the 24th day of the 2nd month the same happened in Kyoto, from 京都四条河原 Shijo toward 松原 Matsubara.
And again it rained barley 麦 mugi and 蕎麦 Soba from the sky, but someone picked the grains up and they only looked like such.
And in the text year, there was a great famine.
Whatever it was, also known from the history of China, when it rained from the sky, next year was a famine　飢饉.

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If you peel of the husk of buckwheat seeds and place them near a swamp in winter, the next year there will be a lot of dojoo 泥鰌 Dojo loaches to eat.

In the legends below there are some with a fox.

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yotaka soba 夜鷹蕎麦 Soba for "night hawker" prostitutes

source : 77422158.at.webry.info - 蘭鋳郎の日常

. Edo Yatai 江戸屋台 Food stalls in Edo .
The most famous three ones were for Sushi, Tenpura and Soba buckwheat noodles.

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In many parts in the 北設楽郡 Kitashitara district, if people go to the mountains to work and take some soba mochi 蕎麦餅 filled buckwheat dumplings, they will turn into a wild animal (kemono 獣).

.......................................................................... Akita 秋田県 ......................................
由利郡 Yuri district, 大内村 Ouchi

. 藤原喜平 Fujiwara Kihei - 悪食喜平 Akujiki Kihei and Kappa .
and 蕎麦酒 Buckwheat liquor

蕎麦の酒 - Suehiro Sake Co. - Fukushima

.......................................................................... Aomori 青森県 ......................................
八戸市 Hachinohe

. yamabato 山鳩 mountain dove .
and a famine

. Hachinohe Festival and foxes bewitching people .

.......................................................................... Fukuoka 福岡県 ......................................
北九州市 Kitakyushu

. 河童 Kappa，海御前様 Amagozensama, Ama Gozen .
Shrine 天疫神社 Teneki Jinja

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田村郡 Tamura district, 都路村 Miyakoji

kitsune 狐 fox
Once a fox had devastated the fields and grandpa got angry, He waited for the fox to kill him. When a person passed by, he saw grandpa with tucked hems, stepping on the buckwheat plants in the field. But he was in fact bewitched by the fox and thought he was stepping in the water. So just as well, he was lucky someone came by and woke him up.
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In a version from 大沼郡 Onuma district, 金山町 Kaneyama, it was a man trying to harvest buckwheat who was bewitched by a fox thinking he was wading in a deep river.

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大沼郡 Tanuma district 金山町 Kaneyama

kitsune 狐 fox
話者の祖父が夜、魚を背負って帰るときに狐につけられて、魚を取られた。蕎麦の畑で芸者が歌ったり踊ったりしているように見えたが、そんなところに芸者がいるわけがないと思えて、狐に化かされていると気づいた。

.......................................................................... Gifu 岐阜県 ......................................
飛騨地方 Hida region

mujina 狢 badger
昔々ある老人が山小屋で蕎麦落しをしていたら、どこかから毎夜小僧が現れ話しかけるので困った。老人は石を焼いて小僧に投げつけたらひどい声がして倒れたものがあった。翌朝見ると大きな狢であった。

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荘川村 Shokawa

mujina 狢 badger
This badger shapeshifted into a woman and played tricks on people, letting them get lost in the mountains or hanging themselves.

Sometimes she made them eat soba dango 蕎麦団子 buckwheat dumplings , which were in fact 馬糞 horse apples.

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吾妻郡 Agatsuma district 嬬恋村 Tsumagoi

to ward off 鬼 Oni demons
People offer dumplings made of rice, buckwheat or millet flour on January 31. They make these offerings to the 神仏 deities of Shinto and Buddhism at the entrance of their home or near a window. These dumplings are called "oni no medama 鬼の目玉 "eyeballs of a demon" and ward off all evil.
If a demon comes and sees these huge eyeballs, he becomes afraid and runs away.

.......................................................................... Ibaraki 茨城県 ......................................
稲敷郡 Inashiki

kitsune 狐 fox
Once a man took his horse to work in the forest. When he passed by a swamp, suddenly something white blew over his head, . The horse was afraid and run away fast. The horse reached home safely but the man did not come. So his family went out looking for him.
They would him walking rounds in the buckwheat field. Nobody knew what really happened, but they agreed that he must have been bewitched by a fox.

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with prayers for a good harvest of the "five grains "五穀

一月十六日の未明に鳥追いを済ませたあと、座敷に飾っていた御作立ての中で瑞木団子と蕎麦を残して、後は刈り取ってしまっておくと、その年の五穀が風が当たらずよく実るという。

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kitsune 狐 fox and 大入道 Dainyudo

昔、夜遅くに若い女を見て狐が化けていると正体を見破った男は、次に大入道に会い、狐と見破る。家に着くと狐がいたので叩いているとそれは雨着だった。またある時には、大水が出たと思わされて、蕎麦畑を裸であるかされたりもした。

Sometimes people get bewitched by a fox and run around naked in what they think is the sea or a river, but in fact they are trampling in their 蕎麦畑 buckwheat fields.

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source : youkaiwiki.com/entry/2013

akari nashi soba 燈無蕎麦（あかりなしそば）The Unlit Soba Shop

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Akarinashi Soba – The Unlit Soba Shop
Above the bridge that spanned the flowing canal, a soba shop stood whose paper lantern had the words “28” written on it in thick, bold characters. Even when all the fires were put out, and the street was in darkness, this lantern would continue to shine, without candle or oil.
Those who tried in vain to douse the lantern would meet with no success, and misfortune would fall upon their household.
- source : Zack Davisson -

. Honjo Nana Fushigi 本所七不思議 Seven Wonders of Honjo - Edo .

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足柄上郡 Ashigara district 三保村 Miho

kitsune 狐 fox
Once a man had caught three ヤマメ Yamame trout-salmons. But a fox passed by, threw a net over him at the Soba field and stole all the fish.

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川崎市 Kawasaki, 多摩区 Tama district

hitotsume no mekari baasan 一つ目のメカリバアサン
2月8日と12月8日の夜には一つ目のメカリバアサンがやって来るのだという。障子の穴から中を覗いては子供を攫って行くのだと言い、それを防ぐ為に、夕方から竿の先に目数の多い笊をかけて屋根に立てかけておく。グミの木を燃やしておくと、その煙で逃げていくとも行った。この日は遠出を避け、夜には蕎麦を食べたりもする。

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津久井郡 Tsukui district 城山町 Shiroyama

kamikakushi 神隠し "being spirited away"
tengoosama テンゴウサマ Tengu
kamikakushi here means to be taken away by a Tengu. People begin to eat earthworms thinking they are buckwheat noodles and run round and round in the mountains.
When they are found by their fellow villagers, they are usually sitting in a tree.

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横浜市 Yokohama, Minato district

mekari baasan メカリ婆さん Old Mekari Woman
12月8日にはメカリ婆さんが来るので、目籠を軒下に伏せて置いたり、団子掬いを柱にかけておいたりする。また、悪い米の粉を使った団子を2、3個串に刺して柱に縄で縛っておくと、この婆さんがそれを食べるのだとともいう。2月8日は悪い日だと言って、蕎麦やオコワなどを作り、外出を忌んだ。

. mekari shinji 和布刈神事 ritual cutting of kelp .
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横浜市 Yokohama

kitsune 狐 fox
Once upon a time
a man went into the mountain forest to work, but got bewitched by a fox. Then e ate an earthworm, thinking it was buckwheat noodles. And then he walked in circles in the mountain for a long time.

.......................................................................... Miyagi 宮城県 ......................................
Sendai 宮城野区

. Sobagomezaka 蕎麦米坂 and Sendai castle . *
伊達政宗 Date Masamune

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角田市 Kakuda town

kitsune 狐 fox
神次郎部落のある老婆が，親戚のお祭振舞に呼ばれたまま夜更けまで帰宅しなかった。未明，家人が心配して探しに行くと，老婆は裾をはしょって川を渡る格好をし，「深い深い」といいながら山の蕎麦畑の中を歩き回っていた。家人に大声で呼ばれて正気にかえったが，土産の重箱は狐に攫われてしまっていた。

.......................................................................... Miyazaki ......................................
東臼杵郡 Higashi-Usuki district 西郷村 Nishigo

. kawa no ozoemono 川のオゾエモノ / 魔物 river monster .
nebai soba ねばいそば ritual sticky buckwheat dumplings
nebatoro soba ねばとろ蕎麦 sticky buckwheat noodles with Tororo sauce

.......................................................................... Nagano 長野県 ......................................
南安曇郡 Minami Azumino district

Izuna いづな the Izuna Deity t
いづな使いの婆様をたしなめた士が、婆様のついた悪態どおりに帰り道でいづなに憑かれて腰を抜かした。皆で蕎麦を打った時、婆様が蕎麦の上に尻をついたので皆が汚がっているところを婆様がひとりで食べた。それを怒った爺はいづなにとりつかれて死んだ。

. Izuna Gongen, Iizuna no Gongen 飯網の権現 .

.......................................................................... Nagasaki長崎県 ......................................
南高來郡愛野村 Aino

darashi ダラシ Darashi
If hunters walk alont the mountain pass, they might get bewitched by the Darashi. They can suddenly not walk any more and crawl around on all fours.
Once this happened to a hunter, but he could make it to a tea shop nearby where he ate two bowls of buckwheat and was soon healed.

Darashi だらし is a Yokai of Nagasaki.
(9 to explore)

. Hidarugami ヒダル神 The Hunger Gods.
In Kitakyushu, it is known as the Darashi (ダラシ).
(41 to explore)

.......................................................................... Niigata 新潟県 ......................................

kitsune 狐 fox
There are three old foxes 三老狐の女狐 who bewitch people to run around the buckwheat fields three times or let them see water puddles to jump in. They also change into humans and steal the lunch boxes of farmers. But they are afraid of dogs.

Sometimes a bewitched person walks around the buckwheat field with the robes all tucked up high, thinking he is walking in a river. The foxes also eat their aburaage 油揚げ Tofu lunch.

.......................................................................... Okayama 岡山県 ......................................
英田郡 Aida district 大原町 Ohara

furudanuki 古狸 the old badger
Once upon a time on a rainy evening, an old man came to the temple. The priest was just grilling black stones, and he asked the man where he lived. Then the old man asked to stay over night, since it was already dark. The old monk had already eaten, but he had some Soba dumplings left and offered to grill them on the blue stone. Then suddenly he threw one hot stone at the knee of the old man. The old man shouted and run away very fast.
Next morning the priest found a hole in the valley, where an old Badger was dead from burning wounds. And it was not burned at the knee, but in the genitals.
The name of this area is 玉落谷 "Valley were the Balls had fallen down".

.......................................................................... Tochigi 栃木県 ......................................
芳賀郡 Haga district 茂木町 Motegi

Soba to ward off the akki 悪鬼 bad demon on the day
. Yooka sama 八日様 Yoka Sama, the Honorable Day Eight .

.......................................................................... Tokyo 東京都 ......................................
八王子市 Hachioji

If you drink tea after eating とろろ飯 Tororomeshi or Soba, you will get a cerebral stroke 脳卒中.

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小石川諏訪町 Koishikawa Suwa District

. reiken 霊剣 the magic sword .
made by 小倉五郎源宗広 Kokura Goro Minamoto Munehiro

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neko soba 猫そば　-
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Hokusai Manga - Eating Soba 葛飾北斎の北斎漫画

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2016-04-18

Tsunami legends

. tsunami 津波 /　つなみ　Tsunami .
and the
Tohoku Region Pacific Ocean Offshore Earthquake March 11, 2011

yamatsunami 山津波 "mountain Tsunami"
. doshakuzure 土砂崩れ landslide legends .

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In the seventh month of 1728 (享保13年7月) something huge like a mountain was seen far away on the horizon along the coast. The huge thing divided into two, one going East, one going West. On the next day in Edo and ajacent regions a mountain had cracked and water from a Tsunami flooded Edo like a fountain spring.
22 years before this something similar had happened in Ise (伊勢で津波 1708), causing a Tsunami.

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................................................................................. Fukushima 福島県

. 宝の川 The river of treasures .
and a mountain tsunami 山津波 (landslide)

................................................................................. Hokkaido　北海道

Before a Tsunami reaches 松前 Matsumae, the figures of 仏神の姿 Buddhas and Shinto deities can be seen flying in the sky to give a warning.
- - - Kaishi Shinroo 海市蜃楼
. shinroo 蜃楼 heat shimmers .
"flimmering town" shinshi 蜃市（しんし）, "town in the sea, kaishi 海市（かいし）

................................................................................. Ibaraki 茨城県 with 山津波 landslides

In 石岡市 Ishioka town, a male and female dragon 雄龍と雌龍 were celebrated
as the Deity of the Mountain 山の神様.
Legend tells, that once the female dragon shapeshifted into a lady, met a young samurai and fell deeply in love with him. But the young samurai died right on the spot. There occurred a huge landslide and two peaks formed, with the scales of the Dragon forming a special mountain shape.

................................................................................. Iwate 岩手県

In 大船渡市 Ofunato town at 三陸町 Sanriku village

Oshirabotoke オシラボトケ Oshirasama
In the 及川家 Oikawa family a pair of オシラボトケ "White Deities" is venerated. But on the New Year's day and on March 13th they are covered with a cloth. When the Sanriku Tsunami came, the house was destroyed but the Shirasama survived.

. O-Shirasama - short for O-Shirase sama お知らせ様 .

................................................................................. Mie 三重県 with 山津波 landslides

In the 飯南郡 Iinan district, a yama tsunami 山津波 landslide and a huge serpent
大蛇が、白猪山で大崩れによる山津波で流され、火を吹きながら出ていった。そのだいじゃの岩穴を蛇穴と呼ぶ。

In 熊野市 Kumano town, the 便所の神様 Deity of the Toilet
In 1854 the 安政 Ansei Earthquake struck the region and the Toilet Deity of the 竹内長太夫家 Takeuchi family was flooded into the sea. At that time, at the homes of good people, 御札 divine amulets fell from heaven, but on the homes of bad people stones fell from heaven.
竹内長太夫 Takeuchi Chodayu was known as a good fisher of whales 鯨男 and his family still lives in 二木島港 Nigishima harbour .

- reference : hamamine.jp/kumano -

................................................................................. Miyagi 宮城県

If during an earthquake the deer are calling, there will be no Tsunami.
If the dear do not call out, there will be a Tsunami.

................................................................................. Nagano 長野県 with 山津波 landslides

In the 上伊那郡 Kami-Ina district, a legend about Fudo
経平という場所に小堂があったが、山津波で埋没した。年を経て、そこが毎夜光を放ったので、天和元年３月に近隣住民が掘り返した。すると、そこから不動尊の木造が現れたので、現在の場所に安置したという。

In the 南佐久郡 Minami-Saku district, a legend about あかずの観音
現在「観音堂」と呼ばれている所には，江戸中期まで立派な観音堂があった。ところが，ある年山津波でこの堂がつぶれてしまったので，観音様は難を避けるために北佐久郡三井村（現佐久市香坂）の閼伽流山に飛んでいってしまった。以来この観音様を｢あかずの観音｣と呼んでいる。

................................................................................. Nagasaki 長崎県

In 島原市 Shimabara town, a 大蛇 huge serpent
The Lord of Shimabara had been hunting in the forests around 雲仙嶽 Unzen volcano, where he saw two large serpents and killed one of them, wounding the other. Soon after the fields of the region were destroyed by some wild animal and there was no harvest this year. People thought it was the doings of the one serpent that survived.
Anyway, there was a doctor called 多比良 Taira who treated a woman for her wounds. She told him that her husband had been killed and in his revenge destroyed the fields. She was greatfull to the doctor and also told him he should run away, because soon the volcano would erupt and a Tsunami would come and bring more disaster.
So this huge earthquake and Tsunami in 1729 was the curse of the serpent 大蛇の祟り.
Taira 多比良町 is now a place name in Unzen . . . 長崎県雲仙市国見町船津.

source : qsr.mlit.go.jp/unzen/sabo

................................................................................. Oita 大分県

In 佐伯市 Saiki town, a statue of 観音様 Kannon Bosatsu came rolling in during a tsunami. The statue was caught in the net of a fisherman, and its halo was sparkling.
Other versions tell of a tree floating in the waves and when they cut it, blood came flowing out of the cut. So they made a Kannon Statue to appease it.

................................................................................. Okinawa 沖縄県

In 石垣市 Ishigaki town
In 伊良部町 Irabu town, - ningyo 人魚 "human fish" (dugong)
In the village of 白保村 Shiraho there were three families living under arrest. Once they caught a human fish and wanted to eat it. Before they cut it open the fish talked to them and told them of a coming big Tsunami. Afraid they threw the meat back into the sea and apologized for catching the fisl.
And just so, a big Tsunami came and destroyed the whole village. But the homes of these three families were saved.

This was 八重山地震 the Yaeyama Earthquake of 1771, with a Tsunami of 60 meters, killing 1574 people in Irabu alone.

The 1771 Great Yaeyama Tsunami (also called 明和の大津波, the Great Tsunami of Meiwa) was caused by the Yaeyama Great Earthquake at about 8 A.M. on April 24, 1771, south-southeast of Ishigaki Island.
..... The dead and missing amounted to 12,000 people, and more than 2,000 houses were destroyed on Ishigaki and Miyakojima.
- More in the Wikipedia -

- - - - - 海神，ワダツミ，ユナイナマ
Once a rich family caught a fish called ユナイナマ Yudainama and cut it for a meal.
But this fish is the messenger of the 海神の使者 Deity of the Sea. So the Sea God became angry and sent a Tsunami to destroy the home of the family.

- - - - - ヨナタマ Yonatama - dugong in the local dialect
When the fishermen wanted to prepare a meal with the catch of the day, putting one fish on the net for barbeque, there was suddenly a voice coming from the sea:
"Come home soon, hurry!" 早く帰って来い.
And the fish on the net replied
"Please come and get me, fast!" 迎えに来てくれ.
And right then a Tsunami rolled in and destroyed the whole village.

In the 島尻郡 Shimajiri district,
In 富盛村 Tomimori village near the ギーザという泉 Giiza spring three women went to worship at 具志頭 Gushikami. One of them had menstruation and washed her underwear in the spring. This was a serious ritual pollution and at once a tsunami welled up from the sea and killed all three women.

................................................................................. Shizuoka 静岡県

In the 賀茂郡 Kamo district there lived the マキヤ Makiya family and their home was swept away by the huge tsunami. The family members were saved by a huge Norota eel ノロタ（海鰻. Since then this family never eats any kind of eel.

In 下田市 Shimoda
Once there came shiroi hige no roojin 白いひげの老人 an old man with a white beard.
He warned the residents of Shimoda before a Tsunami and told them to evacuate to the mountain, 下田富士 Shimoda Fuji. After the first Tsunami hit the town, he warned the people again: "There is another big Tsunami coming, so don't go home yet, stay here on the mountain!" And when the last big Tsunami had hit, there was a sparkle in the sky and he flew off.
This was in fact namikiri Jizo 波切り地蔵, "Jizo cutting the Waves".

tsunami Jizoo 津波地蔵 Tsunami Jizo
There are some statues of Jizo with various names, indicating the place where a huge Tsunami stopped after destroying a village.
. namikiri Jizoo 波切り地蔵 Jizo Bosatsu cutting the waves .
michibiki Jizoo みちびき地蔵 Jizo leading the Way / The guiding Jizo
namiseki Jizoo doo 波せき地蔵堂 Namiseki Jizo Hall
namiyoke Jizoo 波除け地蔵 "Jizo warding off the wave"

................................................................................. Tokyo 東京都

sangen no oto 三弦の音 the sound of a Shamisen
In 1701 in the Hoei period, there was a famous Shamisen player. One day he went to Shinagawa for a concert with his troupe, whne the sound of his Shamisen sounded quite stange to him. This is the forebode of a Tsunami, he understood. So he and his friends left fast. And indeed, soon the tsunami came and many houses and lives were lost.
1707 - Hōei earthquake 宝永地震 Hoei quake and Tsunami

................................................................................. Yamaguchi　山口県

source : sci.yamaguchi-u.ac.jp/sci/info - 金折研究室

「語り継がれた山口県の大地震と津波－伝説と民話－
先人が私たちに残してくれたメッセージから貴重な教訓を読み取り、防災教育や地域防災へ生かそうとするものである。
Legends and tales about the Earthquakes and Tsunami as told in Yamaguchi

................................................................................. Yamanashi 山梨県 with 山津波 landslides

In 北杜市 Hokuto town,
At the graveyard of the temple 来福寺 Raifuku-Ji there is a Hokora sanctuary for a serpent, indeed for a nine-headed dragon 九頭竜の祠. Once when the dams of the river had broken during a landslide, a huge serpent had curved its body along the riverbank to protect the homes from flooding away.

source : museum.pref.yamanashi.jp - 水の国やまなし
A Hokora Shinto sanctuary for the Nine-Headed Dragon Deity 九頭竜神の祠
南アルプス市上高砂区

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source : plaza.rakuten.co.jp/keibaguide/diary

都市伝説／南海大地震は津波が怖いんです.
We are afraid of the Tsunami coming with the Big Nankai Earthquake.

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Nankai megathrust earthquakes
are great megathrust earthquakes that occur along the Nankai megathrust – the fault under the Nankai Trough – which forms the plate interface between the subducting Philippine Sea Plate and the overriding Amurian Plate (part of the Eurasian Plate), which dips beneath southwestern Honshu, Japan. The fault is divided into five segments in three zones, which rupture separately or in combination, and depending on location, the resulting earthquakes are subdivided by zone from west to east into Nankai earthquakes, Tōnankai earthquakes, and Tōkai earthquakes.
..... All of these great earthquakes have resulted in damaging tsunamis, which are particularly damaging due to the Japanese population being concentrated on the Taiheiyō Belt, especially the coastal cities of Tokyo and Osaka, the two most populous in Japan.
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684 - Great Hakuho earthquake - 白鳳地震（はくほうじしん）Hakuhoo jishin
白鳳の大地震（はくほうのおおじしん）、白鳳大地震（はくほうおおじしん）, 天武地震（てんむじしん）
白鳳地震は、『日本書紀』に記述があり recorded in the Nihon Shoki.
The first recorded tsunami in Japan, it hit on November 29, 684 on the shore of the Kii Peninsula, Nankaido, Shikoku, Kii, and Awaji region. The earthquake, estimated at magnitude 8.4, was followed by a huge tsunami, but no estimates exist for the number of deaths.
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869 - Jogan Sanriku earthquake 貞観地震
The Sendai region was struck by a major tsunami that caused flooding extending 4 km inland from the coast. The town of Tagajō was destroyed, with an estimated 1,000 casualties.

887 - Nankai 仁和地震（南海トラフ連動型地震説あり）
There was a strong earthquake in Osaka, Shiga, Gifu, and Nagano prefectures. A tsunami flooded the coastal region, and some people died. The coast of Osaka and primarily Osaka Bay suffered especially heavily, and the tsunami was also observed on the coast of Hyuga-Nada.

1293 - Kamakura big earthquake 鎌倉大地震 - M8クラス
A magnitude 7.1 quake and tsunami hit Kamakura, then Japan's de facto capital, killing 23,000 after resulting fires.

1361 - Nankai 正平地震（康安地震）（南海トラフ連動型地震説あり）
On Aug 3, 1361, during the Shōhei era, an 8.4 quake hit Nankaido, followed by a tsunami. A total of 660 deaths were reported. The earthquake shook Tokushima, Osaka, Wakayama, and Nara Prefectures and Awaji Island. A tsunami was observed on the coast of Tokushima and Kochi Prefectures, in Kii Strait and in Osaka Bay. ...

1498 - Nankai 明応地震（東海・東南海地震）
On September 20, 1498, during the Meiō era, a 7.5 earthquake and tsunami hit. The port in Wakayama damaged by a tsunami several meters high. 30–40 thousand deaths estimated. The building around great Buddha of Kamakura (altitude 7m) was swept away by the tsunami.

1605 - Nankaido - Keichō Nankaido earthquake 慶長地震（南海トラフ
On February 3, 1605, in the Keichō era, a magnitude 8.1 quake and tsunami hit Japan. An enormous tsunami with a maximum known height of 30 m was observed on the coast from the Boso Peninsula to the eastern part of Kyushu Island.

1698 - Seikaido-Nankaido ?1696
On December 22, 1698, a large tsunami struck Seikaido-Nankaido.

1707 - Hōei earthquake 宝永 - Hoei quake
On 28 October 1707, during the Hōei era, a magnitude 8.4 earthquake and tsunami up to 10 m in height struck Kochi Prefecture. Till Osaka.
... Hot springs at Yunomine, Sanji, Ryujin, Seto-Kanayana (Kii) and Dogo stopped flowing.

1741 - West Hokkaido 寛保津波
On 29 August 1741, the western side of Hokkaido was hit by a tsunami associated with the eruption of the volcano on Oshima island. 北海道西南沖の大島で火山性地震

1771 - Great Yaeyama Tsunami (see above)

1792 - Unzen earthquake and tsunami 島原大変肥後迷惑 Shimabara Taihen Higo Meiwaku
M6.4 - Tsunamis were the main cause of death for Japan's worst-ever volcanic disaster, an eruption of Mount Unzen in Nagasaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan.
Killing about 15.000 people.

1854 - Nankai, Tokai, and Kyushu, Ansei Great Earthquake 安政東海地震
The Ansei quake which hit the south coast of Japan, was actually a set of three earthquakes, two magnitude 8.4 quakes and a 7.4 quake over the course of several days.
... Shizuoka tsunami heights of 4–6 m
... Wakayama tsunami reached as high as 8.4 m.

1855 - Edo - Ansei Edo earthquake 安政江戸地震
M7.1, hit the Tokyo region of Japan, killing 4,500 to 10,000 people.

1896 - Meiji Sanriku earthquake 明治三陸地震
M8.5 - On 15 June 1896, ... the waves, which reached a height of 100 feet (30 m), killed approximately 27,000 people. In 2005, the same general area was hit by the 2005 Sanriku Japan earthquake, but with no major tsunami.

1923 - Great Kantō earthquake 関東地震（大正関東地震、関東大震災）
... on 1 September 1923, and devastated Tokyo, Yokohama, and the surrounding areas, caused tsunamis which struck the Shonan coast, Boso Peninsula, Izu Islands and the east coast of Izu Peninsula, within minutes in some cases. In Atami, waves reaching 12 meters were recorded.

1933 - Showa Sanriku earthquake 昭和三陸地震（三陸沖地震）
M 8.4) On March 3, 1933, ... tsunami waves as a result of an offshore magnitude 8.1 earthquake. The quake destroyed about 5,000 homes and killed 3,068 people, the vast majority as a result of tsunami waves.

1944 - Tōnankai earthquake 東南海地震（昭和東南海地震）
A magnitude 8.0 earthquake on 7 December 1944, about 20 km off the Shima Peninsula in Japan, which struck the Pacific coast of central Japan, mainly Mie, Aichi, and Shizuoka Prefectures. ... the quake is estimated to have killed 1223 people, the tsunami being the leading cause of the fatalities.

1946 - Nankaidō earthquake 南海地震（昭和南海地震）
21 December 1946 had a magnitude of 8.4 ...
The tsunami that washed away 1451 houses and caused 1500 deaths in Japan.

1964 - Niigata earthquake 新潟地震
M7.5 - The subsequent tsunami destroyed the port of Niigata.

1983 - Sea of Japan earthquake 日本海中部地震
On May 26, 1983 at 11:59:57 local time, a magnitude-7.7 earthquake occurred in the Sea of Japan, about 100 km west of the coast of Noshiro in Akita Prefecture, Japan. Out of the 107 fatalities, all but four were killed by the resulting tsunami, which struck communities along the coast, especially Aomori and Akita Prefectures and the Noto Peninsula.

1993 - Hokkaido earthquake 北海道南西沖地震
A devastating tsunami wave occurred along the coasts of Hokkaido in Japan as a result of a magnitude 7.8 earthquake, 80 miles (130 km) offshore, on July 12, 1993.
... it was too late for Okushiri, a small island near the epicenter, where some waves reached 30 meters and struck within two to five minutes of the quake.

2011 - Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami 東北地方太平洋沖地震
On March 11, 2011, off the Pacific coast of Japan, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake produced a tsunami 33 feet (10 m) high along Japan's northeastern coast.

- - - More in the WIKIPEDIA !

- reference wikipedia : 地震の年表 (日本) -

source :　forbiddenplanet.co.uk

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2016-04-16

drought hideri legends

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......................................................................................... Gifu 岐阜県
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多治見市 Tajimi city

. Ryugaike 龍ヶ池 the dragon pond .
At the foot of 高社山 Mount Koshasan

......................................................................................... Nara 奈良県

. Tatsuta 竜田 the "Dragon Field" .

......................................................................................... Yamagata 山形県

. busshoo 仏声 the voice of Buddha .
bringing rain in a drought.

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旱 10 to explore
旱魃 93 to explore (01)

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. Natural Disasters 自然災害 shizen saigai - Naturkatastrophen .
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- drought, earthquake, flooding, landslides, tsunami, typhoon, volcanic eruption -

. Japanese legends and tales 伝説　民話　昔話 - Introduction .

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2016-04-15

landslide legends

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. Japanese legends and tales 伝説　民話　昔話 - Introduction .
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doshakuzure 土砂崩れ landslide legends
gakekuzure 崖崩れ / jisuberi 地滑り
masago 土砂 (マサゴ) / dosha 土砂 earth and sand - for construction work

. dosha-kaji 土砂加持 ritual to prevent landslides .
at the temple Saidai-Ji in Nara - 奈良市西大寺

. yamatsunami 山津波 "mountain Tsunami" landslide legends .

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A 25-year-old Buddhist monk was confirmed dead on Oct. 7 after he was found under a collapsed hall of the Naritasan Yokohama Betsuin temple in Yokohama's Naka Ward that was hit by a landslide on Oct. 6.

. Yokohama Naritasan Temple 横浜成田山 .

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聖不動威怒明王尊 Statue of Fudo Myo-O
This statue had been lost in a landslide near a hot spring, and been found through a statement in the dream.
The fourth priest of the temple, 乾海和尚 Keikai, took a closer look at it in 1700 and found that the pattern of the halo had been scratched with the pure nails, so he called the statue

tsumebiki fudoo 爪引き不動 Fudo drawn with nails.

. Keishooji 桂昌寺 Keisho-Ji .
群馬県安中市下秋間112, Annaka town, Gunma

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Nariaiji Temple (成相寺) is a temple of the Shingon sect of Japanese Buddhism. The temple was originally located near the top of Mount Tsuzumigatake overlooking Miyazu Bay in the north, but was moved about 250 years ago to its current location further down the mountain after a landslide. The current temple grounds are still high enough on the slope that there are good viewpoints from where you can look out over the Amanohashidate Sandbar below.

. Nariaiji 成相寺 Nariai-Ji .
京都府宮津市成相寺339 - Kyoto
The main statue is a Bijin Kannon 美人観音 "Beautiful Kannon Bosatsu"

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船に乗ろうとする場所で、土砂を少しとって紙に包み、それを臍にあてて乗れば船酔いをしない。冬ならば足袋の裏に敷いておくのもよい。特に神社の土で行えば効果が著しいという。これは海が不浄を嫌うからだという。

................................................................................. Ibaraki 茨城県

In 水戸市 Mito town
稲田姫を祀る小祠の近くで崖崩れがあったので修復しようとしたら、大きな瓶のようなものが出てきた。鍬に当たって欠けた所を拾ってみると大きな歯骨であった。官の検分をうけたところ、瓶は竜頭であると決定した。由縁はわからないが、稲田姫を祀るのはこの竜を鎮めるためだろうかと、その地で仕官している人が語った。

................................................................................. Ishikawa 石川県

In the 鹿島郡 Kashima district in 南大呑村 Minami Onomimura
A 火の玉 ball of fire
山の小高い所に神さんが住んでいて、村に不幸があるときにはお知らせがある。地滑りの時にも、その二三日前から火の玉が飛び、地滑りの晩は火事のように明くなった。

................................................................................. Kyoto 京都

Toribeno 鳥部野
鳥部野の地蔵山から土砂を採っていたら山の神と呼ばれる松の木の下から壷が出土した。掘り出そうとしたら鳴動して掘っていた人が死んだ。それを聞いた土砂採集の世話人達も病気になり祈祷の甲斐なく死んだ。

................................................................................. Miyazaki 宮崎県

In the 児湯郡 Koyu district
1960年ごろのこと。女生徒の間で、谷坂を夕方暗くなってから通るとオジモン（怖いもの）が出る、怪異が起こる、と評判になった。お墓の下を通るときに土砂が落ちてきた、髪の毛が逆立った、などの経験をした女生徒がいた。

In the 米良市 Mera district and Karikoboo カリコボウ Karikobo, Karkio Bo, the Kappa
かりこ坊 Karikobo is venerated as 山の神 a deity of the Mountain. He likes to play tricks on people, especially imitating the sound in the forest like cutting a tree or causing a landslide or shooting a hunter's guns. But he never puts humans into real danger. When people hear him making strange sounds, it is best to keep quiet and pretend not to hear anything.

. 河童 / かっぱ / カッパ - Kappa, the Water Goblin of Japan! .

................................................................................. Nagano 長野県

In the 木曽郡 Kiso district
黒川の奥に住んでいた山うばが食物をもらい歩いていたが、上田で石灰の入った餅をもらい、それを食べて腹の中が焼けて死んだ。そのとき、「ウエンダ、ガケになれ、ふちになれ」と叫んだので、水害による土砂崩れが起こった。今でも土手が崩れやすく、水がじゅくじゅく出ている。

................................................................................. Niigata 新潟県

佐渡郡 Sado district
. kamioroshi, kami oroshi カミオロシ / 神おろし / 神降ろし "calling a Kami to earth" .
A man wanted to venerate Yamanokami (Tonchibo) and had a shaman perform Kamioroshi. He was told Tonchibo wanted a toilet, electricity and a well.
When he started to dig for a well, he found the bones of 大蛇 a huge serpent, maybe even 龍 a dragon.
630 years ago there had been a huge landslide and now the bones had been found. The man and his family were blessed from now on.

................................................................................. Saitama 埼玉県

In 秩父郡大滝村 Chichibu, Otaki village
山に大男がいて、狩人や山の動物を餌食にしたり、崖崩れを起こしたり、川の水を濁らせたりしていたが、ある狩人と首っ引きをした時、狩人が機転を利かせて木で体をささえたため負け、涙を流して山奥へ駈けていった。

................................................................................. Shimane 島根県

In 松江市 Matsue town - during the construction of a mountain road, someone stepped on the 荒神様 Kojin Deity and brought a curse on the area. A landslide happened and the boss of the workers had only bad luck from then on.

. Koojin sama 荒神様 Kojin Sama, Aragamisama .
a Hearth Deity

................................................................................. Shizuoka 静岡県

In the 磐田郡 Iwata district, a legend about a serpent
Once from the top of the mountain there came a stone falling down and smashed one serpent. Another serpent begun to call out in a loud voice and soon the riverbank collapses, a landslide happened and the mountain made violent noises.
The blood of the snake still colors the stones along the river in red.

................................................................................. Tokyo 東京都

In the 西多摩郡 Nishitama district, a legend about a 大蛇 huge snake
ウカガイのS氏は15歳のとき、火の玉が山から凄い速さで飛んで来るのを見た。鉄砲水の折で、逃げようと思い外に出たら家の中からも2つの光の玉が飛んでいき、直後に土砂崩れが起こった。山中の池に住む大蛇の霊と神様が放たれたものだとS氏は言った。

................................................................................. Wakayama 和歌山県

In the 東牟婁郡 Higashimuro district, about 黄金仏 Ogonbutsu, Golden Buddha Statue
文政8年の春に、熊野本宮社に堤を築こうとして、境内にある大黒島という岩山から採石しようとした。石を切り出そうとすると、作業者が休憩したら、巌上の土砂が崩れてるが、作業中には崩れない。また多くの烏が集まってきた。心弱い人は逃げだしたが、強い人が作業を続けると、土中から瓶が出てきた。その中には黄金の阿弥陀仏が入っていた。

................................................................................. Yamanashi 山梨県

In the 南巨摩郡 Minamikoma district,
there was a place in a valley where the woodworkers would come together to have a meal.
One day when it looked like a typhoon approaching, there came a man in white death robes and told them
"Something dangerous will happen soon, so please run away to safety as fast as you can."
Some of the woodcutters took it serious and run away, others kept sitting there munching their rice and the - - - a huge landslide came over them and swept everything down the valley.
They think it was 山の神様の知らせ the Deity of the Mountain who came to warn them.

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- Reference - nichibun yokai database -
doshakuzure 土砂崩れ / gakekuzure 崖崩れ /jisuberi 地滑り
土砂 13 to explore (04)

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. Natural Disasters 自然災害 shizen saigai - Naturkatastrophen .
- and their legends -
- drought, earthquake, flooding, landslides, tsunami, typhoon, volcanic eruption -

. Japanese legends and tales 伝説　民話　昔話 - Introduction .

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. Kumamoto April 2016 熊本地震 .
Earthquake in Kumamoto, April 15, 2016 - M 7.1
Earthquake in Kumamoto, April 16, 2016 - M 7.3

A lot of severe landslides blocking roads and railways.

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川上に崖崩れあり地蔵盆
kawakami ni gakekuzure ari jizoo bon

upstream
there is a landslide -
Jizo Bon Ritual

山本洋子 Yamamoto Yoko

. Jizoo Bon 地蔵盆 Jizo Bon Ritual .
August 24 - for the ancestors at O-Bon

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