In Tendo City, Yamagata Prefecture, there is the ``Benbeko Taro Legend'', which can be said to be the Yamagata version of the famous folk tale ``Shippei Taro Legend'' that has been passed down in Nagano and Shizuoka prefectures...
Aoiwa
Mysterious legends exist all over the country, and such stories also exist here at Senshoji Temple in the center of Yamagata City. this time...
Aoiwa
Many people have probably heard of the folktale ``Tsuru no Ongaeshi,'' which begins in a certain place once upon a time. Folk tales, folk...
ikoke
In Akita, the legend of Hachiro Taro, the dragon god of Hachirogata, changes from a human to a dragon, lives in Hachirogata, and marries Princess Tatsuko of Lake Tazawa.
Murasakihime
Masumi Sugae, a Japanese scholar and travelogue in the late Edo period, made monkey sake at the house of Gensuke Shimada, who had lived in Tashiro Village (present-day Yamauchi Village) for generations, in ``Yukidewado'', and it was said to be effective for abdominal pain.
Murasakihime
Akiu Onsen, located in Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, has long been loved by people as a hot spring town with beautiful autumn leaves. With Akiu in the center, the north is Iwate and Akita prefectures...
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