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A fierce battleground between dogs and raccoons that is passed down in Tendo City! Myoken Shrine, where the "Legend of the Benbekotaro" remains [...

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...

Aoiwa2023.11.17

Is there a statue of a sumo wrestler crying at night? The family temple of Mogami Yoshimitsu's daughter: legend passed down in Sensouji Temple [...

Mysterious legends exist all over the country, and such stories also exist here at Senshoji Temple in the center of Yamagata City. this time...

Aoiwa2023.10.30

[Nanyo City, Yamagata Prefecture] A temple with the legend of “Tsuru no Ongaeshi” (Tsurubuyama Chinzoji) The most...

Many people have probably heard of the folktale ``Tsuru no Ongaeshi,'' which begins in a certain place once upon a time. Folk tales, folk...

ikoke2023.01.20

[Akita] What is the legend of Hachirotaro? Here are three episodes that even Akita residents don't know much about...

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.

Murasakihime2022.04.05

[Miyagi Prefecture] The demon-slaying legend of brothers Iwajiro and Iwasaburo passed down in Akiu, one of the leading hot spring towns in Tohoku

NEFT Editorial Department2021.11.02