Yasugi (Izumo Kaido)

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Yasugi 　安来宿

MAP of the area

A big earthquake of magnitude 7.3, of which the center was in the western part of Tottori Prefecture broke out at around 13:30, October 6, 2001.
Yasugi City is located in the east end of Shimane Prefecture, close to the western end of Tottori Prefecture. In Yasugi City, though the scale of the earthquake was great, the damage was comparatively small and fortunately no inhabitant died, however, quite number of buildings and structures were damaged.
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The city also boasts the Kiyomizu-dera Temple, said to have been constructed about 1400 years ago. It is famous for its beautiful pagoda, and you can enjoy some traditional vegetarian cuisine (Shojin Ryori) within the temple grounds.
source : kankou-shimane.com



Kiyomizu Temple in Yasugi 安来清水寺
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Yasugi is also famous for its local song collection,
Yasugibushi 安来節 Yasugi Bushi
and the comical dance of the scooping loaches - Dojosukui.



The present day master, Watanabe Oito 渡部お糸, is in the fourth generation, performing in the special Yasugi Hall in the Adachi Museum and teaching many students, even abroad.

Kaigarabushi 貝殻節 song of the shellfish gatherers　
is another famous song from Yasugi.

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Yasuki-bushi - Yasugibushi 安来節 （やすぎぶし）
'Yasugibushi' or 'Yasukibushi' is a well-known folk song in Yasugi region, Shimane Prefecture.
The history of Yasugibushi is unexpectedly short, which was completed by Ms. Watanabe Oito and her father based on a traditional folk song in Izumo district, a part of present Shimane Prefecture. In imitation of a comical gesture to catch loaches with a bamboo basket, the so-called 'dojo-sukui' loach-scooping dance accompanied by Yasukibushi song was enjoying a boom in Tokyo after Osaka early in the 20th century.

This unique dance was performed at many small theaters in Asakusa, Tokyo, which is very helpful to be known throughout the country. Most Japanese know Yasukibushi even though they don't know the place name Yasugi in Shimane Prefecture. The dojo-sukui dancer with a bamboo creel on his side and bamboo basket in his hands, as shown in the picture, is funny enough to be prevailing in the country as a banquet entertainment performed by an amateur.
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Yasugibushi dolls　安来節人形


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