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Your first step in Tono
This good old fashoned building is Tono station.
The second floor of this station is B&B style hotel.
It's convinience if you stay here for sightseeing Tono.
When you get off the train, you will see unique statues at left hand of exit of station.
They will welcme you first!
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These strange creatures are "Kappa". The book "The Legends of Tono" has some "Kappa" tales.
You can see "Kappa" somewhere in Tono.
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# by chiyo66 | 2005-03-28 20:25 | center of city
Historic background
Why Tono has massive folk tales or legends?

Tono region is situated at Southern coast area of Iwate prefecture.
Iwate is North-east area in Japan.
The temperature is chilly at night and at morning below, but in winter it drops -10 degrees and temperature rise to 30 degreeds in summer.

So many people came and went Tono as a trading center of Southern coast area at Numbu area in Edo era.
In old days, Tono was the center of a horse trading.

It was said that resulting consequence by exchange of people, materials, money and information.
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Also all Tono's own climate had grew many tales.
Place where surrounded montains, rivers and rich streams, hot summer and cold snowy winter.
In such environment, Tono had made various kinds of folk tales and legends.
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However, "The Legends of Tono" is still alive at the present time in somewhere in Tono.....
# by chiyo66 | 2005-03-27 14:50 | The Legends of TONO
Nice to meet you!
Hello, I am Tamachiyo, I am very glad to introduce Tono to you through my weblog.
Although I don't live in Tono, I visited here for many times because of Tono has beautiful nature to see and more....
If you will became as you want to visit Tono through my weblog, I would be happy.

The Landscape of TONO, from Mt. Takashimizu.
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Rice fields and Mt.Rokkoushi in autumn.
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TONO city is located in North-east area of Japan, a basin surrounded mountains. It's mild country zome, the main industry is agriculture as cultivating rice, hop, apple, tabacco and others.
Recently, sightseeing visitor is increased, because of that beautiful nature, mild country feelings and other reasons...

Also Tono has massive folktales and legends.
A book which written by Kunio Yanagita (1875-1962) made Tono became famous.
He heard various kinds of folk tales from Kizen Sasaki(1886-1933) who came from Tono.
They were about gods, nature, animals, strange creature, mysterious phenomenon and other intresting things....
That's why the reason of Tono called "Home town of Folklore".

*Kunio Yanagita (left) and Kizen Sasaki (right)
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It may be said that the nature was made by agliculturel activities. Tono mostly has Japanese country scene.

Mt. Hayachine and rice fields at early time of November.
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# by chiyo66 | 2005-03-26 10:59 | Nature
  

I would like to write various things through TONO and share with you!
by chiyo66