tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3191835248953933738.post7199480315234590271..comments2023-11-24T16:34:16.891-08:00Comments on WASHOKU - Japanese Food Culture and Cuisine: Tochigi prefectureGabi Grevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3191835248953933738.post-9428722035735269582017-09-04T21:55:07.780-07:002017-09-04T21:55:07.780-07:00.. Tochigi 栃木県
上都賀郡 Kami-Tsuga district
kyuubi no..... Tochigi 栃木県<br />上都賀郡 Kami-Tsuga district<br /><b><br />kyuubi no kitsune 九尾の狐 a fox with nine tails </b><br />A favorite dish of the Tochigi region is shimotsukare シモツカレ.<br />.<br />- - - - - Once upon a time<br />there lived a fox with nine tails at 殺生岩 Sesshoseki who caused a lot of trouble. The villagers killed it after luring it with this dish of Shimotsukare.<br />To appease the soul of the fox this dish is now prepared in a memorial service on hatsu-u-no hi (初午の日, literally; first day of horse in the month of February) together with sekihan ritual red rice as an offering to appease the legendary fox deity, Inari-no-shin (稲荷の神) Inari no Kami.<br /><br />- Matsuo Basho visiting Sesshoseki - Oku no Hosomichi -<br />. - - Station 9 - Sesshoseki 殺生岩 - - - .<br />The fox is the spirit of Tamamo no Mae 玉藻前 - Tamamo Gozen 玉藻御前<br />.<br />https://heianperiodjapan.blogspot.jp/2017/09/kitsune-kuyo-legends.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.com