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satoo 砂糖 と伝説 Sato - Legends about sugar - Zucker



. satoo 砂糖 Sato, sugar - Zucker .
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wasanbon 和三盆 wasambon, wasanbon toh, wasanbonto, wasanbon sugar from Shikoku


. satoo no michi シュガーロード（砂糖の道） sugar road .
The road between Nagasaki and Kokura (Ogura) 小倉, then on to Kyoto during the Edo period.


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......................................................................................... Akita 秋田県
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仙北郡 Senboku district

. Jizō - Jizo Bosatsu 地蔵菩薩 - ABC List .

hana name Jizo 鼻なめ地蔵 licking the nose of Jizo
In the Senboku district is a statue of Jizo. If children want to lick its nose, they can not reach it. Even if a tall child comes, it can not reach the nose, because the statue gets taller.
Sometimes grown-up people put kurozatō 黒砂糖 brown sugar on the nose and lick it.






......................................................................................... Aomori 青森県
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三戸郡 Sannohe district 南郷村 Nango mura village

. kitsune densetsu 狐と伝説 fox legends - キツネ .
Around 1950, a man was walking home from 八戸 Hachinohe , eating brown sugar and sobamochi そばもち mochi cakes from buckwheat flower on his way. At the pine tree by the roadside he was always tricked by a fox called オバフトコロ Obafutokoro.
In olden times there used to be a prison at this place and the fox might be the wandering soul of someone.
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. Aomori Kaido 青森街道, the fox and brown sugar .



......................................................................................... Chiba 千葉県
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長生郡 Chosei district 長柄町 Nagara cho town

. kitsune densetsu 狐と伝説 fox legends - キツネ .
At the end of the rice-planting season, a grandfather and a young man were walking in the evening and resting on a mountain road called ニイザカ Niizaka. Along came a young woman carrying a juubako 重箱 food box and gave them some sato mochi 砂糖餅 rice cakes made with sugar. They tasted so delicious, as if they had just been made.
The next morning they found black horse shit sticking to their teeth. Aaaa, they had been bewitched by a fox !


kurosatoo mochi 黒砂糖餅 Mochi made with brown sugar





......................................................................................... Fukushima 福島県
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耶麻郡 Yama district 高郷村 Takasato mura village

- folk belief
If a child falls ill, the mother makes sugared sweets with soy beans as an offering for 地蔵 Jizo Bosatsu.
After the offering the sweets are given to the child and the illness will heal very fast.





......................................................................................... Kagawa 香川県
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. ushi to densetsu 牛と伝説 Legends about ox, bull, cow . . .
To the West of 崇徳天皇の山 the Mountain related to Sutoku Tenno (1119 - 1164) there lived a man named 庄村武八 Masamura Buhachi. Once he had loaded sugar barrels on his bull to carry to the market, when the bull suddenly said:
"Before loading me with sugar, you did not give me any fodder. This is too hard on me, so I will not go!"
Buhachi was very surprized and afrain and never loaded the bull with sugar again.





......................................................................................... Kagoshima 鹿児島県
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大島郡 Oshima district

. kenmun ケンムン / けんもん kenmon / hinotoragami ヒノトラガミ .
Kenmun is a kind of sea turtle Yokai, friend of Kappa san.
He often disturbes the makers of kurozato 黒砂糖 brown sugar.
He is afraid of tako 蛸 octopus.




......................................................................................... Kochi 高知県
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高知市 Kochi city

. yamachichi 山チチ / 山地乳 Yamachichi Yokai monster .
Once upon a time,
a 馬曳き pack horse leader met the Yamachichi on the last night of the year. The Yokai took away all things loaded on the horse, carrots, large radish, sugar and finally the horse itself.
That night the Yamachichi slept in the cooking kettle, so the man put a heavy stone on the lid and made fire below it. The Yamachichi asked for help, but he kept tending to the fire. When the voice from the kettle had stopped, he opened it and found its body all burned to black ashes.




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

. kitsune densetsu 狐と伝説 fox legends - キツネ .
There lived a fox in a hole near the temple, but one day it was gone.
Once grandmother met the wife of the priest and got some sugar from her. But the wife of the priest had been at a different place altogether. Most probably a fox had taken the shape of the woman and expressed his gratitude for former kindness by giving her some sugar.

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東蒲原郡 Higashi-Kanbara district 阿賀町 Aga city

. kitsune densetsu 狐と伝説 fox legends .
A school boy was on his way home from 合川 Aikawa and had reached 三宝分 Sanpobun. He had been out buying carrots and sugar. At the pass his mother came to meet him, so he gave her the carrots and the sugar. The mother said "I have another errand to do, so you go home first!" When he came home his mother was there, so he had been tricked by a fox.
Next morning both walked the way again and found a carrot dropped by the roadside.




......................................................................................... Shimane 島根県
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出雲市 Izumo city 大塚町 Otsuka town

. Legends about nanten 南天 Nandina .
For detoxification, 5 or 6 of the red Nandina berries are crushed and eaten.
If a baby has been born, sugar can be put on Nandina leaves to prevent poison from enering the body.
nan ten ... symbolic for
nan o ten suru 難を転する
to turn bad luck into good luck, to turn difficulties to a good ending ...




......................................................................................... Shizuoka 静岡県
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御殿場市 Gotenba city

. fuurai neko フーライ猫 a wild cat .
Eating sugar to get rid of the bewitchment.



......................................................................................... Yamagata 山形県
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西村山郡 Nishi-Murayama district

. Kōbō Daishi Kūkai 弘法大師空海 Kobo Daishi Kukai Legends
If people make dango 団子 dumplings on the 23day of the 10th lunar month, they never use sugar.
In former times, Kukai had made kayu 粥 rice gruel on this day and burned himself.

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shio 塩 と伝説 Legends about salt


source : History of Japanese Salt

. shio 塩 salt, Salz .
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. Salty Sweets .
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Shio no michi 塩の道 The Salt Road 　
Chikuni Kaido 千国街道 From Niigata to Matsumoto in Nagano.

. Kanshinji 観心寺 Temple Kanshin-Ji - Osaka .
famous for hokuto no shio 北斗の塩 "salt of the big dipper"


. Meersalz - Die Geschichte des Salzes in Japan


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......................................................................................... Fukushima 福島県
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いわき市 Iwaki town 四倉町 Yotsukuramachi

. shinmei sama しんめいさま - Kumano Shinmei 熊野神明 .




......................................................................................... Hiroshima 広島県
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安佐郡 Asa district

. onibaba 鬼婆 the demon hag .




......................................................................................... Ishikawa 石川県
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白山市 Hakusan city

. niwatori no ashi ニワトリの足 legs of a rooster .




......................................................................................... Nagano 長野県
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下伊那 Shimoi district

. shio no i 塩の井 Shionoi, the Salt Well .




......................................................................................... Nagasaki 長崎県
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西海市 Saikai city 西彼町 Seihi town

. Ido no Kami 井戸の神 / Idogami 井戸神 Deity of the Well .
- offerings of salt



......................................................................................... Yamagata 山形県
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村山市 Murayama city

. ryuu, ryū 龍　竜　伝説　Ryu - dragon legends .
When the dragon, which lives on the banks of 最上川 river Mogamigawa, goes up to heaven, it will rain the next day.
When the local priest was giving a sermon, a woman showed up saying she came from the 龍宮 Dragon Palace. Thanks to the sermon she had attained enlightenment and had come to say thank you.
She brought some gifts: 1000 pieces of lumber, one shakuji 杓子 ladle and a robe with no trace of stitches.
If people scoop water from the river with this ladle, it will turn salty.


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38 塩　神社
15 塩　天狗
13 塩　山の神
11 塩　河童
06 塩辛 salty
04 塩　龍

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su 酢 と伝説 Legends about vinegar - Essig


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. su 酢 , komezu, komesu 米酢　rice vinegar .
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honetsugi 骨つぎ bone setting
A medicine for broken bones: Take copper coins and soak them in vinegar, then grind them and drink the powder in 酒 Sake.
The copper powder will settle around the the bone and heal it.

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. Kappa 河童 the water goblin .
A Kappa is said to have 13 bones in his body. So for healing he needs 13 plasters with the powdered mixture of:
black powder and an egg white, merikenko メリケン粉 flour, vinegar and yanagi no ha 川柳の葉 the leaves of a willow tree.

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oobaku 黄柏 Obaku，Inuyama sanshoo 犬山椒
There was a family famous for bone setting.
They used the powder of Obaku and mountain pepper from Inuyama to make a plaster. The plaster if put on the place that pains most and the pain will soon be gone.

Obaku, Phellodendron amurense, commonly called the Amur cork tree
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. sanshoo 山椒 Sansho Mountain Pepper .
Japanese pepper, Japan Pepper; Sanshō; Zanthoxylum piperitum




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

. Tenteko matsuri テンテコ祭 Tenteko festival .
The festival is said to have started in the Heian Period. Yaku-otoko (men of an unlucky age) wear a red costume and hang a daikon 大根 radish from their waist as a symbol of masculinity.
Later they rub the radish in vinegar and eat it.
at 魚島村 Uoshima village, Aichi




......................................................................................... Aomori 青森県
野沢村 Nozawa village

. Oonyuudoo 大入道 O-Nyudo Monster .
At a place called アダノ沢 Adanozawa there lives a monster. They say it always transforms into O-Nyudo.
Once the priest of the local temple walked along Adanozawa. And indeed, the O-Nyudo turned up. He threw some vinegar at the huge monster and in no time it begun to shrink. It became so small he could easily grab it and punish it.




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

- folk belief
If someone buys vinegar and on his way home has to pee by the wayside, the vinegar will lose its taste and turn to water.

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成田市 Narita city

. Atago Gongen Densetsu　愛宕権現 伝説 Legends about Atago Gongen .
The festival for Atago Gongen is on the 24th day of the first lunar month.
The Atago Deity dislikes the 24th day of every month, therefore people are not allowed to drink Sake or use vinegar or drink sweet 甘酒 Amazake.




......................................................................................... Fukui 福井県

. 三つの岩穴 a rock with three holes .
Kobo Daishi 弘法大師 provides 酢 vinegar, 酒 sake and 醤油 soy sauce.




......................................................................................... Hyogo 兵庫県
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養父郡 Yabu district 八鹿町 Yokacho town

In the town of Yokacho on ootoshi 大歳 the last day of the old year they eat food with vinegar and riceballs with Miso paste to drive out Binbogami 貧乏神 the Deity of Poverty.

. Binbogami 貧乏神 legends about Bimbogami, Deity of Poverty .




......................................................................................... Kyoto 京都府

. ookami 狼 Okami, wolf legends .
Once upon a very long time there lived a wolf who loved very much to lick salt. Sometimes he came in the evening to lick the pee of villagers. He also liked all kinds of acid and hot stuff.
In the evening people would not go out to buy vinegar, fearing the wolf would come.
But now it has gone . . .

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伏見区 Fushimi ward

ine 稲 rice plants
In 1663, there lived a vinegar merchant named 酢屋与右衛門 Yoemon at 伏見の京橋 the Kyobashi bridge of Fushimi.
In his garden grew some ears of rice on wild reed plants. People thought this was strange.




......................................................................................... Osaka 大阪府
岸和田市 Kishiwada city

shooja 小蛇 small serpent
There was an honest man who walked past 取石池 Toriishi-Ike pond. A man came to him and asked to deliver a letter to a woman at 久米田池 Kumeda-Ike pond.
It was a special letter with a script by 弘法大師 Kobo Daishi. When the man came to the pond, he was taken to 竜宮 the Dragon Palace and stayed there for three days.
As a good-bye present, the small serpent princess of the palace gave him 酢壷 a pot of vinegar which would never dry up.
When he came back home he realized he had been away for three years.




......................................................................................... Shimane 島根県
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ryuuja / ryuuda 龍蛇 dragon snake
The daughter of the high priest of the Shinto shrine 水若酢神社 Mizuwakasu Jinja went into the pond and joined the Dragon Snake Ryuda as his wife.



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There are about 150 Shinto shrines in the Oki Islands . Of these, Mizuwakasu-jinja is one of the four most important, enshrining a deity that protects the sea around the islands.
Dancing, sumo and archery
The current building was built at the end of the 18th century in Oki-zukuri style, with a thatched roof. Although only used on special occassions, the sumo ring on the grounds is well maintained.
Every other year on May 3,
the shrine fills with people for the Reitaisai Matsuri, one of the three great festivals of the Oki Islands. You can witness kagura dancing, lion dancing, and horseback archery known as yabusame.
- Right next door to the shrine
is the local history museum, the Oki Kyodokan, housed in a lovely white wooden building that was once a town hall. There you can see exhibits that cover the history and folklore of the islands.
In the grounds behind the museum, you will find a lovely 150-year-old thatched farmhouse that you can enter and explore.
Also nearby is the Goka Soseikan, where displays and videos introduce the natural environment and many local traditions of the islands, such as bull sumo.
- 723 Kori, Okinoshima-cho, Oki-gun, Shimane-ken
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......................................................................................... Shizuoka 静岡県

mizukoshi ishi 水漉石 stone to strain water
Foreigners on their long sea travel sometime do not have enough drinking water. In that case they use a special stone to strain seawater to make it 清水 drinkable clear water.
Sake or vinegar strained with this stone also becomes clear water.
They say in the Izu province there is also this kind of stone.


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shooyu 醬油 / 醤油 と伝説 Legends about Shoyu Soy Sauce


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Utagawa Hiroshige III - Making Soy Sauce

. shooyu 醬油 Shoyu, soy sauce, Sojasauce .
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......................................................................................... Ehime 愛媛県

folk belief
On the birthday of the family head people should not make soy sauce or Miso.



......................................................................................... Fukui 福井県
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大飯郡 Ōi district 高浜町 Takahama town

. Kooboo Daishi 弘法大師 Kobo Daishi Kukai Legends .
お大師様 O-Daishi Sama
There is a rock with three holes, each has a different ingredient: 酢 vinegar, 酒 sake and 醤油 soy sauce. Kobo Daishi made them when he was here to train in Buddhism.
Another version tells of three large pots between the rocks. People could come and scoope as much vinegar, sake or soy sauce as they needed and they would never grow empty.
But one day a greedy man came and scooped too much, so the intredients turned to water. This was the punishment of Kobo Daishi.
Later the villagers begun to pray to Kobo Daishi on this spot.




......................................................................................... Ishikawa 石川県
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白山市 Hakusan city

. niwatori 鶏と伝説 Legends about the rooster, cock, chicken .
niwatori no ashi ニワトリの足 the legs of a rooster
Once upon a time, the young people of the village came together and thought about something delicious to cook. They stole one chicken and burried it in the open hearth while it was still alive. They put soy sauce and salt into its mouth and ate it. When they had finished their meal, they opened the door and went outside into the garden.
As they stood there, the legs of a huge rooster came down from the sky and turned the head of each of them around once . . . so they all died on the spot.




......................................................................................... Kanagawa 神奈川県
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戸塚区 Totsuka district

neko 猫 a cat
At the home of the soy sauce merchant, a tenugui 手拭 hand towel disappeared every night. The shop owner thought this was strange and found out that the cat of the family came to take it away. The cats of the neighbourhood met every night and danced and his cat had used the hand towel to cover her face


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bakeneko cats dancing in Edo




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

. kitsune densetsu 狐と伝説 fox legends .
Grandma had put some fish in her 弁当 Bento lunch box and went out to sell soy sauce. A fox trying to get the fish bewitched her to sell her soy sauce to a 松の木 pine tree. She thought the branches were the money and took it, then went to wash her legs in the river. A neighbour saw her, clapped her on the back and then she came to her senses.




......................................................................................... Okayama 岡山県
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勝山町 Katsuyama town

tsukimono つきもの bewitched / toobyoo とうびょう Tobyo
Tobyo is a small snake and can bewitch foxes, dogs and cats.
It is smaller than a fox, about the size of a rat. If a home gets bewitched they get rice and soy sauce and other things from the neighbours and become rich.





......................................................................................... Shizuoka 静岡県
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御殿場市 Gotenba city

fuurai neko フーライ猫 a wild cat
This cat can bewitch babies and can make a fever last longer. Driving out these kinds of cats people prepare a trap to catch it. The cat will then stop to call.
Bewitched people have to eat food prepared with boiled sugar and soy sauce to heal.




......................................................................................... Tochigi 栃木県
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鹿沼市 Kanuma city

okaimo オカイモ Okaimo
In the family of 柴田良夫 Shibata Yoshio they eat Okaimo for breakfast from the last day of the last lunar month till the third day of the first lunar month.
Okaimo is a dish of yatsugashira 八頭 / ヤツガシラ a kind of 里芋 Satoimo Taro potato, ninjin ニンジン carrots, goboo ゴボウ Gobo burdock and dried small fish flavored with soy sauce.
Once upon a time, a travelling priest asked for some taro 苧 Colocasia antiquorum potato but did not get it and the head of the family turned into a stone.
Since then they prepare Okaimo, Oka-Imo.
In the family of 上沢芳夫家 Uesawa Yoshio they prepare Okanimo オカンイモ and azuki meshi 小豆飯 auspicious rice with red soy beans.
Okanimo is made with chicken soup, ginko 銀杏 small cut gingko nuts, 大根 daikon radish, carrots, Gobo and onions. Finally Taro and soy sauce is added.
On the third day of the New Year this dish is offered to the Buddhist and Shinto Deities. After the offering it is put into cooked rice and eaten in the hope it might keep away the
疫病神 Yakubyogami Deity of Disease.

. Yakubyoogami 疫病神 Yakubyogami, Deity of Diseases .






......................................................................................... Tottori 鳥取県
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八頭郡 Yazu district 若櫻山田町 Wakasa Yamadamachi

. yamanba, yamauba 山姥 mountain hag .
Once an old woman built a hut in the mountains and begun to eat 蛇 snakes and 蛙 frogs. She used her white hair together with straw to make a robe. In Spring she collected mushrooms and warabi 蕨 fern to sell in the hamlet. She bought soy sauce and 味噌 Miso and then went back. The children were very afraid of her. If a child would not listen to its parents, they threatened saying: "We will ask Yamanba to come and get you!"

warabi, Pteridium aquilinum


......................................................................................... Wakayama 和歌山県
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日高郡 Hidaka district 由良町 Yura town

. udonge no hana 優曇華の花 Udumbara flowers and death .


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. plants and their legends 　植物と伝説 - - ABC list .

. trees and their legends 　樹木, 木と伝説 - - ABC list .

. Persons, People, Personen and their legends - - ABC list .

. Legends about Kobo Daishi Kukai - 弘法大師　空海 - 伝説 .

. Japanese legends and tales 伝説　民話　昔話 - Introduction .

- Yookai 妖怪 Yokai Monsters of Japan -
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miso 味噌 / みそ と伝説 Legends about Miso

Miso is a traditional Japanese food produced by fermenting rice, barley and/or soybeans, with salt and the fungus kōjikin 麹菌.
. Miso and Japanese Culture .
- Introduction -

Miso comes in many forms, the most popular is maybe
misojiru 味噌汁 / みそじる miso soup





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......................................................................................... Ehime 愛媛県

On doyoo no ushi no hi 土用の丑の日 the day of the ox in midsummer people should not make Miso paste.

. doyoo 土用 Doyo - dog day season starts .
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. funadama, funatama 船玉 / 船霊 / 船魂 guardian deity of a boat .




......................................................................................... Hyogo 兵庫県
養父郡 Yabu district 八鹿町 Yokacho town

. Binbogami 貧乏神 the Deity of Poverty .
does not like Miso




......................................................................................... Iwate 岩手県
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和賀郡 Waga district 和賀小山田地方 Waga Oyamada area

. healing dysenteria or bloody dysenteria .
geri 下痢 / sekiri 赤痢



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

. misotsuki hi ミソつき日 / 味噌搗き making Miso paste. .
for Yamanokami 山の神
and a legend from 速見郡 Hayami district 日出町 Hiji town about misojiru 味噌汁 / みそじる miso soup .




......................................................................................... Saga 佐賀県

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東松浦郡 Higashimatsuura district 鎮西町 Chinzei town

. Yamanokami does not like the smell of Miso soup. .




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

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浜松市 Hamamatsu city 天竜区佐久間町 Tenryu ward, Sakuma town

. Yamanokami as 白髯童子 Shirahige doji .
The tale of 角右衛門 Kakuemon and 助右衛門 Sukeemon.




......................................................................................... Tottori 鳥取県
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八頭郡 Yazu district 若櫻山田町 Wakasa Yamadamachi

. yamanba, yamauba 山姥 mountain hag buying Miso .




......................................................................................... Yamagata 山形県
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西村山郡 Nishi-Murayama district

ozuke おずけ is the local dialect for Miso soup.
Yamanokami is a woman and has three daughters. Before the daughters died, Yamanokami gave her a special dish of rice with ozuke おずけ Miso soup poured over it. Therefore people should not eat rice with Miso soup poured over it, because they will become a stomach ache or get inured if they go to the mountain forest later.
They might use a bowl of Miso soup and put some rice in it, that is a welcome meal.

おみ漬け（おみづけ）Omizuke
is a speciality of Yamagata, made from pickled parts of vegetables to keep fresh over the long winter time.


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13 味噌汁 (00)
06 味噌 山の神 OK

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Taroo, Tarō 太郎 と伝説 Legends about Taro .

Taro is a very common name in Japan, especially for the first son of a family.


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Tarō, Taro, Talo, Taroh or Tarou (太郎, タロウ, たろう), is a stand-alone masculine Japanese given name or a common name suffix (literally meaning "eldest son").
Tarō can also be used as a surname.
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Asataroo 麻太郎
Kintaro 金太郎
Matsutaroo 松太郎
Takataroo 孝太郎
Yoshitaroo 由太郎



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小田原市 Odawara city

ryuu 龍 dragon - 金太郎 Kintaro
足柄山のふもとの村に住む娘が、山に木の実を拾いに行くと、天から龍が下りてきて娘の腹の上に乗り、生まれた子供が金太郎であるという。


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早川孝太郎
川出由太郎
中山太郎
辻松太郎
山口麻太郎


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onryo goryo vengeful spirit legends

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goryoo 御霊と伝説 Legends about vengeful spirits


source : cultural-experience.blogspot...

. The vengeful spirits, goryoo, onryoo 御霊、怨霊 .
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. Goryoo Matsuri 御霊祭 Goryo Festival 　
for the eight vengeful souls, at shrine Goryo Jinja in Kyoto.
Sudo Tenno 崇道天皇 and his son,
Iyo Shinno 伊予親王.
his mother, Fujiwara Fujin, 藤原婦人
Fujiwara Hirotsugu, 藤原広嗣
Tachibana Hayanari, 橘逸勢
Bunya no Miyata Maro　文室宮田麻呂
Kibi no Makibi 吉備真備
Sugawara Michizane　菅原道真


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......................................................................................... Chiba 千葉県
木更津市 Kisarazu city / 山王様の沼 Sanno Sama no Numa

. Hiyoshi Jinja 日吉神社 Hiyoshi Shrine .




......................................................................................... Kyoto 京都府

. 足利義嗣 Ashikaga Yoshitsugu (1394 - 1418) .


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. Persons, People, Personen and their legends - - ABC list .

. Legends about Kobo Daishi Kukai - 弘法大師　空海 - 伝説 .

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ryuujin 竜神 /龍神 と伝説 Ryujin, Legends about the Dragon Deity

. Ryu 竜 /龍 - Japanese Dragons .
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Kamogawa Ryuujin　加茂川龍神 Kamogawa Dragon Deity
Kyoto, 檀王法林寺 Danno Horin-Ji


. ryuu, ryū 龍 / 竜　と伝説　Ryu - dragon legends .
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. okami 龗 オカミ Okami. Water God, Dragon God .
A deity that reigns over rain, snow and water. Maybe identical with ryuujin 竜神 Ryujin, the Dragon Deity.




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Imamiya Jinja 今宮神社 Imamiya Shrine, Chichibu

A Shinto shrine located in Naka-machi, Chichibu City.
One of Japan's oldest shrines, since ancient times it has been dedicated to a water god embodied by a miraculous spring welling up from under Mt. Buko.
Until the distant Nara period, the shrine was also dedicated to other deities such as the Eight Dragon Kings.
In 1535, a portion of the spirit of Susanoo-no-Okami from Imamiya-jinja Shrine in Kyoto was ritually transferred to this shrine when an epidemic raged in the region.
The grounds encompass 龍神池 Ryujin Pond, the oldest spring in Chichibu,
as well as a huge tree called the 龍神木 Ryujinboku which is over 1,000 years old.
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. Kawanokami 川の神 is seen as the Ryujin Dragon Deity. .



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

. goshiki ryuujin 五色龍神 Dragon God of five colors .

. Iruka-ike 入鹿池 Iruka Pond .
and the Dragon Deity


. kechimyaku 血脈と伝説 Legends about blood lineage charts .




......................................................................................... Chiba 千葉県
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船橋 Funabashi

. Ryujinja 龍神社 Dragon Shrine .
- and Kobo Daishi 弘法大師

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Chiba 鴨川市 Kamogawa city

. three 三匹獅子 lion dancers at 竜光山 Mount Ryukosan .




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

. rain rituals at 法泉寺 the Temple Hosen-Ji .

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. Yashima 屋島寺 血の池 Chinoike, Blood Pond .
- and Kobo Daishi 弘法大師




......................................................................................... Miyazaki 宮崎県
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飫肥 Obi city

. Benzaiten 弁財天 and 虚空蔵 Kokuzo protecting fishing .




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

. food for a funeral service 法事の膳 .




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

. Ryujin and akaneko 赤猫 a red cat .

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Niigata 高田市 Takata city 寺町 Teramachi // 竜神 / 幡随意院上人

aoyagi no mokuta 青柳の杢太
天正16年、徳川幕府の命を受け幡随意院上人が九州の切支丹退治をなす諸国行脚のついでに善導寺にたちより、百日説法をした。そのとき青柳の竜神が御殿女中の姿で参詣していた。満願の日、竜神が上人に「妻は上州館林のつつじが池に住んでいて、あなたの済度を受け得脱した。自分も済度してもらいたい」と願って言う。そこで上人は済度してやった。この龍を町の人は「青柳の杢太」と呼んだ。
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善導寺に天正年間に留錫していた幡随意院上人が済度した。それが青柳の杢太という名の青柳の池の男龍だという。
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大正4年5月17日、善導寺が焼失した。その1ヶ月か半月前、当時この地へ来た芝居の一団が青柳杢太の伝説を脚色し、市内の人に青柳の杢太にちなんで道具を借りて上演した。その祟りで、善導寺が火元となり、芝居に道具を貸した人たちの所も延焼した。火事跡は蛇がうねったように燃えていたという。
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旧幕時代、3月14日を中心に1週間、善導大師の法要が行われた。その期間中に青柳杢太という竜神がお参りする。その証拠は、畳が水で濡れているという。法要中は必ずほんの少しでも雨が降る。

. teramachi 寺町 temple town, temple district .




......................................................................................... Saitama 埼玉県
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秩父郡 Chichibu district

. Ryujin from 竜泉寺 the temple Ryusen-Ji .

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春日部市 Kasuga city

. shinshi 神使 messenger of god, divine messenger .
Suddenly there was a great storm and three masks of 竜神 the Dragon Deity fell on the ground.
This is the beginning of the shishimai 獅子舞 lion dance of the village. From upriver of the 江戸川 Edogawa there came the masks of the Dragon Deity and when the villagers performed the dance with them, there would be rain.
After dancing for seven days and nights the masks were seen as kami no tsukai 神の使い the messengers of the Deity and the villagers performed their ritual dance.
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Ryujin 龍神

Appearance:
Ryūjin are powerful dragons who rule over bodies of water and serve as tutelary deities of those places.
Ryūjin can refer to any dragon that is worshiped as a local kami, including major dragons such as the hachidai ryūō, Zennyō Ryūō, Kuzuryū, Seiryū, and so on.
But when it is used as a proper title (i.e. Ryūjin) it most commonly refers to the dragon god of the sea — Watatsumi in Shintō tradition or Shagara Ryūō in Buddhist tradition.
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kuma　くま / 熊 と伝説 Legends about bears

. Kuma, bears and kigo for Haiku .
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Nametoko yama no kuma なめとこ山の熊 The bears of Nametoko Mountain
宮沢賢治 Miyazawa Kenji

. matagi 又鬼 - マタギ と伝説 Legends about bear hunters .


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......................................................................................... Akita 秋田県
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荒瀬村 Arasemura village

. A bear present from Yamanokami 山の神 God of the Mountain .



......................................................................................... Toyama 富山県

. Tengu 天狗 and hunting for bears .

. Bear as messenger of Yamanokami 山の神 .


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988 to collect - not all are about the animal
160 クマ　
- 熊本県 - 熊野, 熊野郡 - 旧熊村
- 田中熊雄 - 熊谷宣昭
- 熊野野竹の葬送習俗

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