The Japan Timesのインスタグラム(thejapantimes) - 10月2日 17時02分

Tono, Iwate Prefecture, is known as the home of Japanese folk tales and “yōkai” (supernatural beings) culture after the region’s orally transmitted tales were collated as “Tono Monogatari” (The Legends of Tono), a collection of stories published by folklorist Kunio Yanagita in 1910. The collection would go on to become the Grimm’s fairy tales of Japan and cement Tono’s legacy as the setting of scary stories to tell in the dark. The local culture of the region, too, has a reputation for embracing a nebulous view of the space between life and death. Those eerie themes, both real and mythical, provide the backdrop and inspiration for the unique Tono Meguritoroge, a 3-year-old festival combining local history and the performing arts with modern culture and music to create an entirely new kind of event.

The name Meguritoroge comes from a local tradition called “mukai toroge” (welcoming lantern tree), in which a flag and lantern are erected to guide the spirits of ancestors back to their homes.

The festival is an attempt by a team of producers, documentarians, musicians and Tono locals to welcome new guests to the city by reinterpreting the “shishi-odori” (literally translated as “lion dance”) tradition and presenting Tono’s performing arts scene to a new generation. Read more with the link in our bio.

📸 @lancestein

#japan #tono #iwate #culture #traveljapan #travel #meguritoroge #japantimes #日本 #遠野 #遠野市 #岩手 #岩手県 #文化 #旅行 #遠野巡灯篭木 #ジャパンタイムズ #👹

[BIHAKUEN]UVシールド(UVShield)

>> 飲む日焼け止め！「UVシールド」を購入する