Bedtime Story: Two Old Tales from Iwate (Patreon)

This month for a Bedtime Story, I translated two stories from my folktale collection from the prefecture of Iwate, which is way up north on the eastern coast. 

Here.

The first story is how Iwate got its name. 岩手/Rock Hand.

Here is a photo of the three god rocks mentioned in that piece. 

Below is a link to the Sansa Bon Odori. Also, in that first story, it tells how after the town of Morioka defeated the wicked oni they made the Sansa dance to show how joyous they were. It really is a nice bon dance.

https://youtu.be/_m9w3Iecd8c

The second story is about a young monk and a wicked mountain witch. 

I'm also still working on all my wolves. Wolf postcard, wolf post here with photos of the really remote and rare wolf shrine visited and a wolf episode for the podcast. 

Here's a wolf ofuda for good luck! 

XO,

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