6 Jun 2019

HEIAN - sato sugar legends

https://heianperiodjapan.blogspot.com/2019/05/sato-sugar-legends.html

sato sugar legends

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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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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.

......................................................................................... 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.

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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 ...

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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.

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

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

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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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4 Jun 2019

YAMANOKAMI - Tottori Toyama

https://japanshrinestemples.blogspot.com/2019/03/yamanokami-regional-29-tottori-toyama.html

Yamanokami Regional 29 Tottori Toyama

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Yama no Kami 山の神 God of the Mountain
and Legends from Tottori 鳥取県 and Toyama 富山県

. Legends about Yamanokami 山の神と伝説　.

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. Mount Daisen 大山 .
1,729 metres, volcano

source : ameblo.jp/mitsumatarenge...
五合目山の神さん Yamanokami san at the 5th station

source : blogs.yahoo.co.jp/momotarou78book...

. Seikooboo 清光坊 Seikobo, Seiko-Bo
Hookiboo 伯耆坊 Hokibo, Hoki-Bo // 伯耆大山清光坊 Hoki Daisen Seiko-Bo .
The Tengu from Mount Daisensan

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. Sanbo Taro, Mitsuho Taro 三穂太郎と伝説 - Legends .
The Kan clan around Mount Nagisan 那岐山

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岩美郡 Iwami district 岩美町 Iwami town

The 9th day of the second and tenth lunar month are the festival days for Yamanokami, where he goes out to count the trees.
If a person goes to the forest on these days, he will be counted as a tree and die.
At 荒金集落 the Arakane hamlet these are the days where Yamanokami gives birth and people are not allowed to go to the forest. If they do they will get hurt or even loose their life.

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東伯郡 Tohaku district 琴浦町 Kotoura town

On the 9th day of the second lunar month Yamanokami plants trees and on the 9th day of the 10 lunar month he comes to count them, so people are not allowed to go to the mountain on these days.
Sometimes Yamanokami causes kamikaze 神風 a "divine wind" typhoon and people working in the forest die.
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Yamanokami no tatari 山の神の祟り the curse of Yamanokami
In the village of 向原 Mukaihara lived a man named 中村朝光 Nakamura Asamitsu. He had a forest in his estate where Yamanokami was venerated.
One day he cut down a matsu 松 pine dedicated to Yamanokami. Very soon the family suffered from the curse of Yamanokami, so they planted four new ones in his honor.
The forest does not exist any more, but there is a small sanctuary for Yamanokami where six pine trees grow, with a sacred rope around them.

. matsu 松と伝説 Legends about the pine tree / 松の木 .

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. Yamanokami and Tengu 天狗 the Mountain Goblin .
- with many legends !
- - - - - ヤマノバーバノタイコ，Yamanbaaba no taiko and マトギ matogi

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The 9th day of the 2nd lunar month is the Day of Yamanokami and forest workers take a rest.
If for some very special reason they have to go, they take some rice wrapped in paper and hang it from a branch of the tree as an offering to obtain the permission of Yamanokami.
The pancreas of a bear has special powers. To give it as an offering to Yamanokami, the hunter has to say "I will make a wish later..." and throw it behind himself from under his left armpit. He must not look in this direction and leave the place quietly.

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Yamanokami no tsukai 山の神の使い messenger of Yamanokami
. okoze 虎魚 / 鰧魚 / オコゼ / ヲコゼ / オコジョ stonefish .
This is also said in 下新川郡 Shimoniikawa district 朝日町 Asahi town.

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onbaba オンババ / 姥神 (Ubagami)　"Old Grandma Mountain God"
For the autumn festival there is a special hut with a roof where Yamanokami is venerated as Onbaba.
She has the form of a person coming down from the sky to rest on 松の木 a pine tree and her mouth is wide open.

. Ubagami 姥神 lit. "old woman deity" - "Grandmother Deity" .

. matsu 松と伝説 Legends about the pine tree / 松の木 .

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中新川郡 Nakaniikawa district 立山町　Tateyama town

Yamanokami no tsukai 山の神の使い messenger of Yamanokami
If someone wants to go to the mountain forest and meets a risu リス squirrel on the way, he has to turn back.
This is also said in Nanto town.
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After cutting a tree one has to make sure that the spikes on the cut are flattened properly with a saw.
Otherwise Yamanokami might stumble over them when she passes here at night.

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南砺市 Nanto town

. kuma　くま / 熊と伝説 Legends about bears .
A bear is the Lord of the Mountain or Yamanokami.

If someone shoots a bear the weather will turn very bad - クマドリアレ kumadori are -.
Once a huge bear was killed and hailstones begun to fall in summer.

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高岡市 Takaoka city

On the festival day of Yamanokami people are not allowed to go into the forest, since Yamanokami roams there.

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富山市 Toyama city

If someone whistles or hums in the mine pits, Yamanokami will not like this.

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魚津市 Uozu city

If someone goes to the forest on yakubi やくび / 厄日 an unlucky day he will get hurt.
Once the young O-Tama went to the forest to 芝刈り cut weeds on the day of Yamanokami. She met the angry deity on the way and was thrown into a deep gorge by her.

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31 May 2019

EDO - Hisamatsu Hamacho districts Chuo

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Hisamatsu Hamacho districts Chuo

Posted: 25 May 2019 09:49 PM PDT

The district was divided from 村松町 Muramatsucho in 1617.
Later it became part of 日本橋浜町 Nihonbashi Hamacho and 日本橋橘町 Nihonbashi Tachibanacho and then became one separate district.

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The town that was reborn three times
Nihonbashi Hamacho / Nihonbashi Hisamatsucho / Nihonbashi Nakasu
From a samurai town to a stylish town
The Nihonbashi Hamacho area has changed greatly three times.
The town of Hamacho was a town of samurai warriors and was lined with residences of feudal lords during the Edo period. There used to be merchant homes in some parts of today's Nihonbashi Hisamatsucho, but there were many shops that sold long and short swords, too. I think it was a quiet neighborhood of common people that was quite different from the lively downtown area of the nearby Ningyocho, where craftsmen lived. It is said that the residences of the Kasama Clan had storehouses where the Shogunate kept its gold coins. This was probably a top-secret affair. To this day, nobody knows the exact locations of the residential storehouses.
The Hamacho area underwent a complete change along with the falling of the Tokugawa Shogunate. The land where the daimyo residences stood was handed over to the people in 1871, when the feudal system ended after about 260 years after its establishment. It is the prestigious Japanese restaurants and similar establishments that were built on these grounds. The colorful dining culture where wealthy merchants enjoy themselves with geishas got its start here.
- The dining culture emerging
There was a canal known as the Hamacho River between Nihonbashi Hamacho and Nihonbashi Ningyocho before the land was filled in 1972, and it is said to have been popular as the starting point of sightseeing trips down Sumida River. It was famous all throughout the country as a stylish and luxurious town, and there were over two hundred and fifty geishas and almost a hundred restaurants during its peak. It was thirty five years ago when I became acquainted with Nihonbashi Hamacho and I can still remember the elegant scenery of fine restaurants surrounded by the black walls. By the way, the geishas in this area that was known as Yoshicho back then were known to be stylish, lively, and skilled at their trade. This attracted many famous, successful, and wealthy business owners who patronized the establishments where they worked. Sadayakko, who was the first Japanese actress, also used to be a geisha from Yoshicho.
With the revising of town names in 1977, the name Yoshicho began to disappear along with the successful businessmen, the geishas, and the fancy restaurants. The only remaining fancy restaurant that remains from this era is Hamada-ya, which has been in business for over a hundred years, and there are now only a dozen or so geishas.
- A townscape where the appeal of both the new and old meet
The Hamacho area suffered great damage during the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, but the huge 33 meter-wide Kiyosubashi Street was formed between Kiyosu Bridge and Asakusa Bridge; becoming the pride of the downtown district. Hamacho Park along the Sumida River is the largest park in Chuo Ward. In 1929 the remains of the residence of the Hosokawa daimyo family from Kumamoto was renovated and opened as a popular hall among the local people for activities such as strolling, exercising, and holding Oedo Festivals.
- Fureai-no-Hana ...
- Tourist spots in the Nihonbashi Gonobe area
Suitengu
Hamacho Pedestrian Road
Meijiza
Kiyosubashi
- source : nihombashi-tokyo.com/history...

久松児童遊園 Hisamatsu Childrens Park
16-6 Nihonbashi Tomizawacho, Chuo
with a pool to splash around ジャブジャブ池

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Hamachoo, Nihonbashi 日本橋浜町 Hamacho district "beach district"
Chuo ward, 日本橋浜町一丁目 - 三丁目　first to third sub-district

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浜町公園デイキャンプ場 day camping
source : bbq-park.com/park..

Hamacho Koen, Hamachō Park 浜町公園 Hamacho Park
2-59-1 Nihonbashi Hamacho, Chuo
On of the most important parks in Chuo ward.

Hamachogawa 浜町川 river Hamachogawa
It was a canal connecting 神田川 the Kandagawa river and the 隅田川 Sumidagawa river.
In 1691, it was also connected to the 竜閑川 Ryukangawa river in an L-shape.
Around 1950, most of the river was landfilled and became a park.
There is a statue of 弁慶像 Musashibo Benkei in the park.

source : castle-in-spain.at.webry...

Hamacho ryokudo midorido 浜町緑道 Hamachogawa Green Road
along the former Hamachogawa river.

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EDO - Okachimachi district Taito

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Okachimachi district Taito

Posted: 24 May 2019 10:10 PM PDT

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. Famous Places and Power spots of Edo　江戸の名所 .
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Okachimachi 御徒町 Okachimachi district
Taito ward, Okachimachi , 御徒町一丁目 - 三丁目 Okachimachi first to third sub-district
仲御徒町 Nakaokachimachi 一丁目 - 仲御徒町四丁目 first to fourth sub-district.
After 1964, the area was re-distributed and is now part of
台東区台東 Taito and 東上野 Higashi-Ueno.

The name refers to the foot guards of the Shogun,
okachigumi, o-kachi-gumi 御徒組 / okachigata 御徒方.

The kachi 徒 were very low-ranking Samurai.
Their living quarters were here.
They had to look after the safety of the road when the Shogun was going out.
Many had a low income and had to work at other jobs to make ends meet.

The O-Kachi samurai were divided in various groups:
本丸15組 15 groups for the Honmaru part of Edo castle.
西ノ丸5組 5 groups for Nishi no Maru.
Each group had two leaders and about 28 members.

okachi 御徒 is also spelled 徒士.

goyoogeikoo 御用稽古 "official training" of the Ssamurai of Edo castle.
Swimming was especially taught to the elite of the groups.

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... a 徒 kachi is one of the lowest ranking samurai of the Edo Period. They were not permitted to ride horses. Until the 1800's, they were not allowed to wear clothes with a family crest as their families were not considered successive clans. Some people draw a parallel between this rank of samurai and low level salarymen and low level management of Tōkyō – the analogy being in the type of housing and accessible neighborhoods according to their salary. This isn't a good analogy, in my opinion, in that the samurai ranks were highly regulated by the Tokugawa Bakufu and a modern worker can marry "out of his station" or just move to the suburbs and get a bigger place. ...
... Even though these kachi were direct retainers of the shōgun, they were a kind of non-commissioned officer. They were expected to live in barracks. In many cases they wouldn't be granted permission to live with their wives and children. In times of war, they were forbidden from marching in the vanguard. In times of peace, they were basically the white trash of Japan. They were supposedly privileged, but in reality, they were just commoners. The commoners had to show deference to them, but the rest of the samurai elite probably shat on them. ...
... the whole area from O-kachimachi to Ueno is considered the low town today. ...
- source : japanthis - Marky Star

- Other Samurai in service of Edo castle:
oobangumi 大番組　Obangumi, castle guards
onandogumi 御納戸組　keepers of the Shogun's personal stores.
Their living quarters were the
kumiyashiki 組屋敷　group residence

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Okachimachi
is an area on the JR Yamanote Line, just south of the major Ueno Station. It is one of the areas of Tokyo that is well known for its shopping and excellent range of foodie options. Expect lots of fashionable youngsters here and crowds of hungry shoppers.
- - What to eat and drink in Okachimachi
There is a shopping street in the Okachimachi area called Taito-ku's Torigoe. This is where you must go for eating and drinking. The street features around 230 shops that sell a huge range of groceries, ready-made meals and the very traditional and well-loved okazu (sides). This is Japan, so eating on the street and walking is frowned upon, but luckily street-snacking is more than welcome here as there is a small designated rest area with tables and chairs, which is found near the middle of the street. Eat away friends. Do note that most of the shops are closed on a Sunday.
There is of course sushi
to be had in this area. Head to Ginzo Sushi for some tasty options. The atmosphere of the restaurant is relaxing with piano jazz playing and there are also smoking and non-smoking seats, which can be rare to find in Tokyo. Go for the Sakura Nigiri Set for 790 yen, which includes 8 pieces of sushi, chawanmushi (a type of savory egg custard and prawn) and a delicious miso soup. Lunch sushi sets will cost you from 790 yen up to 2,600 yen. If you're not a sushi fan, they also have a good range of other sets which include udon, grilled fish, tempura and donburi. Great value and great choice here.
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Ameyokocho is said to be Japan's last black market. This little number is great for both food and shopping. It really is just a random selection of stalls here. You can see heaps of clothes racks filled with shoes and coats. At another place will see you okonomiyaki, another monja, some French and Italian cuisine here, and other types of Asian restaurants there. You can find running shoes, perfumes, toys, watched, lychees, kebabs and shaved ices all in the same vicinity—the possibilities really are endless. Go here for an interesting and ever-ending browse.
Let's get some shoes.
Told you this area was a fashion hub. With heaps of options at this shoe haven of an area, your feet will feel fabulous at any of these Okachimachi finds. Hit AbAb for a very good summer sale with pairs of shoes being reduced from 7,000 to as a little as 1,000 yen—bargain! (Do be warned though, if you have a larger size of feet for a woman, you may struggle to find a shoe that fits in Japan!)
Located near Okachimachi Station
lies the Shitamatchi Museum. The museum displays the history and life of shitamachi (downtown). The first floor showcases the living space of shitamachi such as a merchant's house and a row of tenement house flats. The second floor shows a range of materials that detail the history of the shitamatchi area and there is even an area where visitors can see olden-day toys.
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. Ameyoko あめよこ (アメ横) shopping in Ueno .

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キムチ横丁 Kimchi Yokocho alley.
Near Ueno station east of Showa-dori Street is the oldest "Korean Town" in Tokyo called Kimchi Yokocho.
There are many Korean restaurants, yakiniku restaurants, and stores selling Korean food products like kimchi here. The area developed after World War II, when a number of restaurants, butcher shops, and stores selling traditional clothes opened here.
- source : authentic-tokyo .. -

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station Naka-Okachimachi eki 仲御徒町駅
This station was built in 1961.

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24 May 2019

Yamanokami - Tochigi Tokushima Tokyo

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. Yama no Kami 山の神 Yamanokami - Introduction .
. Ta no Kami 田の神 Tanokami - Introduction .
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Yama no Kami 山の神 God of the Mountain and Legends
from 栃木県 Tochigi, 徳島県 Tokushima and 東京都 Tokyo

. Legends about Yamanokami 山の神と伝説　.

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山の神ドライブイン Yamanokami Drive-In
栃木県鹿沼市上粕尾/キャンプ場 / Kanuma city, Kamikasuo

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. kinki 禁忌 taboo and legends .
On the day when Yamanokami is counting the trees, people should not go to the forest. They might get hurt by cutting their arm with the hatchet or fall under a tree and die.
Yamanokami does not like to see blood.

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安蘇郡 Aso district 田沼町 Tanuma town

. Tengu daoshi 天狗倒し Tengu knocking down trees" .
If a forest worker takes a nap at lunch time, he calls out loud to Yamanokami: "Please, wake me up at xx time!" At the exact time there will be a sound of a large tree falling and the man will wake up. But no tree nearby has fallen down.
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. Yamanokamisama no yasumi ki 山の神様の休み木 Tree to rest .
A tree 三又のナラノキ / 楢 with three stems from the family of Quercus is sacred to Yamanokami, who comes here to rest.
in 1964, some people wanted to cut it down. A painful sound like ヒエーヒエー」 hiee hiee was heard from the cut. But someone said this was not the voice of Yamanokami and they continued without a problem.
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Two fellows went to the forest to work. They were arguing if there was really a being like Yamanokami. On their way back home in the evening, the baskets on their backs were shaken heavily by Yamanokami.

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鹿沼市 Kanuma city

People who work in the forest are not allowed to pour soup over their cooked rice meals, because Yamanokami does not like that.

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鹿沼市 Kanuma city 粟野町 Awano machi town

Once a man was 炭焼き making charcoal on a cold winter night, when something black stuck to his throat. It might have been Yamanokami.
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Once the head of a family went to pray at the shrine of Yamanokami, who was his family deity. While he was there he saw a strange red face with white hair staring at him angrily. This was Yamanokami. The man was afraid and never came back to this shrine.

. ujigami 氏神 clan KAMI deities, family deity .

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那須郡　Nasu district 大山田村 Oyamada mura village

. kitsune densetsu 狐と伝説 fox legends .
If Yamanokami gets angry and envious, he might send a fox to kill a baby. Even if the mother thought she was holding it, suddenly the child was gone and found dead down in the well.

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.......................................................................　Tokushima 徳島県

峰八の「山の神神社」Minehachi no Yamanokami Jinja
Deity in residence is 大山積命.
峰八古墳群
- reference source and photos : sueyasumas.exblog... -

Yamanokami Kofun 山ノ神古墳
徳島県名西郡石井町石井 Myozai district, Ishii
- reference source : wikipedia 峰八古墳群 -

石井町における山の神の信仰
１．祠について
２．行事について
（１）祭り
（２）ヤマノクチアケ Yama no kuchi ake
（３）山の神講
３．山の神の祠一覧 (almost 20 Hokora shrines)
４．山の神の祠分布図
おわりに
- source and photos : library.tokushima-ec.ed.jp... -

. Yamanokami kofun 山の神古墳 Yamanokami tumulus of Japan .

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徳島県阿波市土成町吉田山の神、Awa City, Donari town, Yoshida, Yamanokami hamlet

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The third day of the third lunar month is called
shika no aku hi シカのアク日 in the local dialect. People do not work but celebrate with Yamanokami.
On the fourth day they stay at home and hope Yamanokami will come down to the fields to protect them as 田の神 Tanokami.
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In most hamlets people venerate Yamanokami. Before cutting down a tree, they pray at its roots. If they find special marks on the roots, they venerate this tree as sacred to Yamanokami and to not cut it down.

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海部郡 Ama district 宍喰町 Shishikui cho town

If someone immerses himself in the smoke at the fire of the Dondoyaki ritual, he will not loose much weight and strenght in summer.
The 20th day of the first lunar month is sacred to Yamanokami, who plants trees in the forest. So people should not cut trees on this day.

. dondon yaki どんどん焼き Dondon Fire Ritual, Dondo yaki .
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If a tree begins to wither in the forest, it shows that Yamanokami had taken a pee here, so the tree should not be cut down.

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三好郡 Miyoshi district

The 9th day of each month is the festival day of Yamanokami. On this day people are now allowed to sumiyaki 炭焼き make charcoal or go to the mountain forest.
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There is a special place where the makers of wooden items venerate Yamanokami and other poeple are not allowed to go there.
If someone does, he will die a young man.
Since Yamanokami is also the deity 猿田彦 Sarutahiko, nobody may use the word saru 猿 / サル monkey while in the forest.

. kijishi 木地師 maker of wooden items, wood turner .
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. Yamanokami likes Okoze 虎魚 / 鰧魚 / オコゼ / ヲコゼ stonefish .
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. hebi 蛇と伝説 Legends about snakes and serpents .
hikagiri ヒカギリ Hikagiri is a form of Yamanokami and 水神 Suijin the Water Deity.
If someone is bitten by this snake, he will die the same day.
Once a man observed this snake trying to swallow a kiji キジ pheasant, tore it out of its mouth and went home. But the serpent followed him all the way and at the entrance of his house he gave it back to the serpent.

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The bird shijuukara 四十雀 Japanese tit (Parus minor) is 山の神の使い the messenger of Yamanokami.
If a hunter shoots it, the bird will fly up to heaven with a twig of Shikimi (hanashiba ハナシバ) in its beak.
On such a day the hunter should go home and pray.
In some parts of Japan this bird is seen as a harbinger of bad luck. Its voice is interpreted as
「親死ね子死ね、四十九日の餅をつけ」oya shine ko shine shijuukunichi no mochi o tsuke
. shikimi シキミ, 樒 Skimmia, Illicium religiosum .

Another messenger of Yamanokami is hikagiri ヒカギリ Hikagiri, a small serpent with a ring pattern around its neck.

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三好郡 Miyoshi district 東祖谷山村 Higashi Iyayamason village

Trees sacred to Yamanokami are not to be cut down.

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麻植郡 Oe district 山川町 Yamakawa cho town

. 山の神 and Tengu 天狗 the Mountain Goblin .
Once a man cut a branch from 銀杏 a Gingko tree which was in memory of the 赤穂浪士 Ako Roshi legend.
Since then there was often the sound of someone practising with the sword below the tree. But when looking closer, there was nobody.
The noise was also heard in 山の神の森 Yamanokami no Mori wood.
The person who cut down the Gingko tree was later killed, but he came back to life with the face of a Tengu.

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（1月17日）は山の神のお祭りの日.
January 17 is the Festival of Yamanokami and Tokyo Wood Workers do not go to the forest.
- reference source : tokyowood.net/workers... -

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The 17th day of the third lunar month is sacred to Yamanokami.
On this day people do not go to the mountain forest. Once a man went anyway to collect maki マキ firewood and burned it in the middle of his field, but it started a real yamakaji 山火事 mountain fire.
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In the hut where a dead body has been burned, people have to walk around three times before going in, lest Yamanokami will get angry and bewitch him.
Once a man became bewitched, went to the sea and drowned.
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. O-inu sama オイヌ様 / Oinusama 御犬様 O Inu Sama, Wolf Deity .
Once people quarreled about the existence of O-Inu Sama. The man who had insisted there was NO such Deity passed a spot where a creature with four legs stopped him from passing.

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神津島 Kozushima island 神津島村 Kozushima village

. Yamanokami and Tengu 天狗 the Mountain Goblin legends .
Once a man cut down sugi no ki 杉の木 an old cedar tree of more than 100 years, where Yamanokami (and his alter-ego, 大天狗・小天狗 Big and Small Tengu) reside).
The deity got very angry about loosing its home and killed all the members of the wood cutter's family.
To show his regret and apology, he planted a new tree.

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三宅島 Mitakejima Island 三宅村 Mitake mura village

If someone cuts down a tree sacred to Yamanokami, he will be bewitched, which is called
kirikomi キリコミ in the local dialect.

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西多摩郡 Nishi-Tama district 桧原村 Hinohara village

A Shaman has the ability to see the figure of the local deity.
At 和田の山 Mount Wadayama it is a hebi 蛇 serpent.
At 大沢の山 Mount Osawayama it is a small serpent
At another mountain, where the female Yamanokami went as a bride, it is a serpent with a large belly.

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- reference source : nichibun yokai database -

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. Legends about Yamanokami 山の神と伝説　.

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YAMANOKAMI - Shimane Shizuoka legends

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Yamanokami Regional 27 Shimane Shizuoka

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. Yama no Kami 山の神 Yamanokami - Introduction .
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Yama no Kami 山の神 God of the Mountain
and Legends from Shimane 島根県 and Shizuoka 静岡県

. Legends about Yamanokami 山の神と伝説　.

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古民家カフェ山の神 An old farm house turned cafe named Yamanokami
鳥取県日南町阿毘縁 Nichinan town, Abire hamlet
Nearby is the rose garden バラ園 AVONLEA
- source and more photos : ameblo.jp/club-shimane... -

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Yamanokami and 飛騨の工 a master carpenter from Hida made a competition. The carpenter said he could built three houses until next morning.
Yamanokami weaved a cloth and tried to cover the whole mountain area.
Next morning the three houses were almost finished when suddenly the whole mountain was covered in white snow - so Yamanokami had won.
. "Hida no Takumi" 飛騨の匠 Master Builder, carpenter from Hida, Gifu .
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Yamanokami is blind.
Therefore wood cutters plant a fresh branch by the side of a stump from a tree they have just cut down.
Every night Yamanokami comes to count the trees and if there is no branch, she will know the tree has been cut and punish the wood cutter.
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The main mountain forest had all been cut down, so Yamanokami went off to 三瓶山 Mount Sanbesan (1,126 m).

(Father, Son and Grandchild Sanbe.)
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If a cow has gotten lost in the mountain, people make an offering of Okoze, which Yamanokami likes, and then the animal will be found soon.
. okoze 虎魚 / 鰧魚 / オコゼ / ヲコゼ stonefish and Yamanokami .
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kagayaku mono 輝くもの something sparkling
If a fishing boat gets lost in the wild waters of the Nihonkai sea, there might be a light on the top of the mountain. Fishermen use this light to come back home safely.
Therefore the local fishermen often go to the top of the mountain to pray to Yamanokami.
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matsu no ki 松の木 pine tree，sugegasa 菅笠
Along the Shiga river there is a huge pine tree.
Once a wood cutter was trying to cut id down, but when he looked up, he saw a sugegasa 菅笠 sedge hat hanging up there. When he looked closer, he suddenly felt very ill and could not cut the tree.

. sugegasa 菅笠と伝説 Legends about the sedge hat .

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Yamabiko 山彦 Echo
Yamabiko Echo is the voice of things given to them by Yamanokami.
Once a hunter tried to break off a branch from a dry tree to make a fire. It made the sound of ポン PON ,
and the forest on the other side responded with the same sound.
The hunter was surprized and called out "Whow!" and the answer "WHOW" came back soon.
The hunter became afraid and run for home as fast as he could.

. Yamabiko 山彦 / やまびこ "Echo".
- also featured as a Yokai monster

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. Yamanba, Yamauba 山姥 / 山ン婆 mountain hag monster .
On the 9th day of the second lunar month, Yamanba is cooking rice. On this day people are not allowed to go the the mountain or cut trees.
Yamanba is another name for Yamanokami, others say it is the wife of a Tengu.

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. Yamanokami and 天狗 Tengu legends .
Once a man worked in the forest and the Tengu came to help him. But he used the taboo-word sakana 肴 when talking and the Tengu left.
The man called on Yamanokami for help, but then he used the taboo-word mochi 餅 and Yamanokami got angry.
After that the man could not go to the mountai forest any more.

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飯石郡 Iishi district

Kanayago sama no tatari カナヤゴ様のたたり the curse of the Kanayago deity
Kanayago is 炭焼きの神・火の神・鉄山の神 the female deity venerated by charcoal makers, protecting from fire and in mines.
She is venerate dway back in the valley of Ibaradani 井原谷.
The deity tends to curse people who do not keep the rituals, pee in her direction or cut off branches from sacred trees.
Once she cursed the family of 山口恭一家 Yamaguchi Kyoichi.
. Kanayagogami 金屋子神 / カナヤゴガミ Deity of the Blacksmith .
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Koojin san 荒神さん Kojin Deity
At 穴見谷・大向 Omukai / Anamidani valley on the 14th day and at 井原谷 Ibaradani on the 16th day the young men of the village pound straw, making a sound like hotohoto ホトホト. They make 藁の馬 straw horses and walk through the village, throwing one straw horse for each family. Then the horses are venerated at the Shrine for Yamanokami.
This is also the Shrine for the Kojin Deity 荒神 Aragami. They also offer a ritual Sakaki branch.

. Aragami 荒神と伝説 Legends about the Aragami deity .
- Koojinsama, Koojin sama 荒神様 Kojin sama, "rough god", "wild deity"
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Yamanokami san no sawari 山の神さんのさわり negative feeling of Yamanokami
If someone feels his eyes going bad or his body in bad condition for some days, they say it is the negative feeling of 水神さん the Deity of Water or 山の神さん the Deity of the Mountain.

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日原 Nippara

Yamanokami is venerated at special trees in the mountain forest.
On the 9th day of the 10th lunar month, the festival day of Yamanokami, if people go to the forest they will get injured.
A man who cut down a tree sacred to Yamanokami got ill and could not get up for more than 10 years, then he finally died all of a sudden. His wife and his cows also died.

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隠岐郡 Oki district 都万村 Tsumamura village

kazamichi カザミチ road of the Deity (kami no michi)
The path where Yamanokami passes. If someone cuts a tree along this path, he will get a great injury.

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邑智郡 Oochi district

The saotome 早乙女 female planters of the rice fields of 大石家 the Oishi family wre one more as there are.
That was rather strange. When they brought the lunch trays there was one less then counted before and one tray was too much.
They said that Yamanokami from the mountain behind the home had come to help.
A curious servant once followed the one female helper, but lost sight of her half way up the mountain.

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. Yamanokami kofun 山の神古墳 Yamanokami tumulus in Japan .
Higashikashiwabara Shinden, Fuji
Uchinodai, Hamakita Ward, Hamamatsu

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西臼塚山の神 Nishiizuzuka Yamanokami
Awakura, Fujinomiya
- reference source : photohi.sakura.ne.jp/fuji-nishi... -

山の神滝 Yamanokami taki waterfall
Takumi, Aoi Ward, Shizuoka city

山の神歴史博物館 History museum
Fujieda, Okabecho Miwa

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. Hitotsume Kozoo 一つ目小僧 Hitotsume Kozo - Young Monk with One Eye . .

source : wikiwand

me hitotsu kozoo, mehitotsu kozō 目一つ小僧 - same as hitotsume kozo

In Atami city
Mehitotsu Kozo is seen as Yamanokami, a Tengu.
On the 8th day of the second and 12th lunar month, children have a special song:

source : kawahata-m.cocolog-nifty...

「大寒小寒、山から小僧がやって来た」
On the day of great cold and small cold, the young monk comes from the mountain."

In Shimoda city
On the 8th day of the second and 12th lunar month, people put a baskets of woven bamboo (mekago 目籠)) on a pole.
This will prevent Mehitostu Kozo from coming.

source : wikipedia

. koto hajime 事始 beginning of work and activities .
Starting of February 8. Work stopped on December 8.
Both days with an 8 are called "Days of Work (things)" (koto no hi 事の日).
.....koto no yooka 事八日（ことようか）"day number 8"
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Hitotsume Kozo is usually seen as a Yokai monster which brings bac luck. Some say it is a Tengu with one eye and one leg.

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- - - - - Shizuoka . Yamanba, Yamauba 山姥 / 山ン婆 mountain hag monster .

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

When Yamanba started to build Mount Fujisan, she carried earth from Mount Kurakiyama. On her way at night she heard the sound of someone grinding a mortar and went there. leaving the earth. This became 浅間山 Mount Asamasan.
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On 倉木山 Mount Kurakiyama (1,155 m) there lived a Yamanba. She had three sons,
龍筑坊 Ryuchikubo，白髯童子 Shirahige doji and 常光坊 Jokobo.
They became the lords of the areas 龍頭嶺 / 竜頭峰 Ryutozan, 神三沢（三つ森 Mitsumori）and 山住奥の院 Yamazumi Oku no In (in that order).
The Yamanba later took off and lived at 浅間山 Mount Asamasan in 佐久間 Sakuma.
Her living quarters were the home of 杉本家 the Sugimoto family. The name of their estate was カリヤド Kariyado. In the mountain in the back of the estate was a sanctuary for Yamanokami, where Yamanba had planted wisteria.
Yamanba often helped pregnant women during birth and showed them how to weave.
But one day she ate the baby of the family and had to hide in a cave at Mount Kurakiyama. It was dark (kurai) there and that changed to the name of the mountain, Kuraki.
Much later the Samurai 平賀中務 Hiraga Nakatsukasa and 矢部後藤左衛門 Yabe Goto Izaemon came and chased her away. Now she had to fly to 秋葉山 Mount Akibasan.

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熱海市 Atami city

If someone goes to the mountain on the day of the festival for Yamanokami, he will be blown away by kamikaze 神風 a divine storm.

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榛原郡 Haibara district 本川根町 Honkawane town

Some farmers burning the fields in spring near a place where Yamanokami is venerated have been cursed.
To get rid of the curse they had to perform special purification rituals.

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

大平の一本足 Ohira no ippon ashi，山男 Yamaotoko，白髯童子 Shirahige doji
角右衛門 Kakuemon and 助右衛門 Sukeemon head a voice deep in the mountain, calling:
"Run away, run away fast!" There was a yamaotoko 山男 maountain man with a white beard smoking the leaves of momi no ki 樅の木 fir tree. This mountain man was Shirahige Doji. So the two villagers fled in haste.
Three days later Kakuemon made Miso paste when someone from behind talked to him. He saw a huge man, but only his up to the knees, the rest of the body was too high up. Kakuemon went to Kikoemon to tell him, but his friend had been in bed, and he died soon.

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庵原郡 Ihara district 両河内村 Ryogochi village

kechiyama ケチヤマ mountain off-limits
Once upon a time, a girl with a kaburokko カブロッコ haircut like a Kappa had appeared here and since then Yamanokami is venerated>
The area is now ケチ地 off limits.

source : line-tatsujin.com/detail...
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. keyaki 欅 Zelkova and fuji 藤 wisteria tree .

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引佐郡 Inasa district 引佐町 Inasa town

Yamanokami no taiju 山の神の大樹 the huge tree of Yamanokami
If someone cuts the sacred tree at 田沢 Tazawa or burns its leaves, he will be cursed.

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伊豆の国市 Izunokuni city

Someone went to the forest on the day of the festival for Yamanokami, but he was hit by an arrow and lost his eyesight.

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賀茂郡 Kamo district 松崎町 Matsuzaki town

Yamanokami is seen as a woman.
Once a villager passed the sanctuary for Yamanokami in the late evening, when he saw a young woman of about 17 or 18 years carrying a boy on her back. He tried to talk to her, but she did not say anything and went on up the mountain, until he could not see her any more.
Yamanokami does not show her human features to villagers very often, so he was quite proud.

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静岡市 Shizuoka city 葵区 Aoi ward

. shinboku 神木, shinju 神樹　sacred tree, divine tree .

hyoorayama ヒョーラ山 Hyora mountain
A mountain with a tree sacred to Yamanokami is called Hyora mountain.
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. kashi no ki カシの木 / 樫 oak tree .
This tree is sacred to Yamanokami. If someone tries to cut such an old tree, he will be cursed, die soon or get injured.

. Legends about trees .
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. yama-inu, yamainu　山犬、豺 "mountain dog" - wolf legends .
Both parents were preparing the fields and burning them in sprig. They took a break and made some tea but forgot to give some offerings to Yamanokami.
That night they heard the eerie howling of a wolf and could not sleep at all.

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- reference source : nichibun yokai database -

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. Legends about Yamanokami 山の神と伝説　.

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