The Nabekura-jo castle is located in south, to protect town with gold and horses. Also the park “Denshoen park” (tradition carry-over park) shows you the highlights of tradition. “Kappa-buchi” (small stream that Kappas live, allegedly) is about 5 min to walk from the park as well.
Nabekura-park, where the castle located.Nanbu Shrine in the park.7 deities that bring you lucky.Says the castle was built in 1572, and abandoned in 1869, by Meiji Restration.The speciality is mutton/lam BBQ called “Genghis Khan”.“Denshoen (tradition carry-over) Park”Wooden Kappa Statue, for traffic safety.
Denshoen Park.
“Kappa Wanted” Since Kappa was witnessed in 1974, we have no witness information on Kappa. Witness information is asked.
Park Manager is sleeping.
“Magari-ya”, or curving house, combined with horse stable. “Kappa-buchi”, where they live.They love cucumbers.Kappa fishing. The bait is cucumber, of course.Tono Folktale Museum.A story about girl bullied by step mother. Similar to Cinderella, it says.A story of Kappa tried to bring horse into river. He was caught and promised not to do it again. It is talked as one of reasons they help people.
A story about mice couple who tried to make their daughter married with great person. They were passed from sun, cloud, wind, wall, and eventualy to mice. Believed to implicate that the best is marriage of deserved.
A story about grinder. A poor brothers, who could not afford to celebrate new year, and the older did not help younger in spite of his ask. On the way home, the younger got a grinder that generates salts by turning right, and it stops by turning left. The older brother with envy stole and run to sea by boat. He become happy with turining grinder right to generate salt, but he did not know how to stop it, the boat has sunk. The seawater is salty because still the grinder keeps generating salt.
(From exhibition of “Denshoen Park”) Oshira God “Long ago, a farmer, with no wife but with beautiful daugher, and a horse. The daughter goes to stable at night and became eventually married with the horse. The father knew it and he hanged the horse on a tree and killed it. The daughter became desparate and cried with hanging on the horse’s neck. As soon as the furious father cuts its neck with his axe, the daughter on the neck flied to the sky and disappear. Oshira God is from this time”From the above story, the shape of oshira gods look symbolizing a kind of shooting star heading to the sky. (exhibition in Tono city museum)Oshira God’s alter, with tourits’ wishes to Oshira God. (in Denshoen Park)
