Tottori - Food - Inaba

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The White Rabbit of Inaba 因幡の白兎 Just offshore at Hakuto Beach 白兎 (White Rabbit Beach) is a small island that is part of a local folktale. The story goes that a rabbit was trapped on the island, longing to return to his family on the mainland. He tricked a family of sharks into lining up so he could hop on their backs to the shore, but as he reached the last shark, he sneered that he had deceived them; enraged, the sharks tore off all the rabbit's fur. To make matters worse, some cruel gods told the rabbit he would be cured if he bathed in the sea, which he did, only to find that the salt stung his wounds quite badly. The youngest brother of the gods, Okuninushi no Mikoto (Daikoku in Buddhism), felt sorry for the crying rabbit, and told him to bathe in fresh water and dry off with cattails. The rabbit was cured and predicted that the god would become the ruler of the Inaba region, which came true. Reminders of this story abound in the Tottori area, and you will see the white rabbit on everything from bridges to sewer grates to flower arrangements, sometimes accompanied by a rather fat god carrying a big sack. . Usagi Daikoku Folk Toys 兎大黒 . Daikoku with the white rabbits source :　Tomofumi - facebook The White Rabbit of Inaba . Izumo taisha 出雲大社 Izumo Grand Shrine . . wani : shark and crocodile - Introduction . ....................................................................... Karo-ichi Seafood Market, Fish Market 鳥取港海鮮市場かろいち at Karo Harbour 賀露みなと hotaru ika squid pressed into a senbei eight types of mountain vegetables seven lucky grains and rice . Ge Ge Ge, gegege no Kitaro (ゲゲゲの鬼太郎) . 　 The life story of this cartonist, Mizuki Shigeru 水木しげる, is on TV right now. gegege no nyobo, the wife of gegege Shigeru comes from Sakai Minato in Tottori, so many products with his name are offered. 武良茂 Mura Shigeru gegege curry ! Azuki-Arai 小豆洗い Monster washing azuki beans ................................................................................. Daruma watchesover food and drink . . .izakaya joys

The eighty-one brothers
and the white hare of Inaba

Japanese fairy tales
By Teresa Peirce Williston : googlebooks

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The Hare of Inaba
Told by Mrs. T.H. James; 1892;
Griffith, Farran & Co. in London & Sydney.





This particular story – illustrated here and retold in English – involves a mistreated hare, a bridge of crocodiles, eighty mean brothers, one good brother, and a beautiful princess. In Japanese folklore, the hare is believed to be able to live up to a thousand years, with its fur turning white at the age of 500 years.
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Chindonya Izakaya ちんどん屋
Happily cheap restaurant line, but much of the old Edo atmosphere.

We worked our way through three different izakaya, but all were almost empty and rather quiet ... quite eerie for a sunday night, Mother's Day.


my ALBUM ... start from here





. a crazy cat
on the restaurant wall ...
travelling in spring 　



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. WASHOKU
Izakaya, 居酒屋, public drinking house 　


Izakaya ... die japanische Kneipe



. WASHOKU
Regional Dishes from Tottori prefecture 　



Cake like the white rabbit of Inaba




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立ち別れ いなばの山の 峰に生ふる
まつとしきかば今かへりこむ

Tachi wakare Inaba no yama no Mine ni oru
Matsu to shi kikaba Ima kaeri kon

Though we are parted,
If on Mount Inaba's peak
I should hear the sound
Of the pine trees growing there,
I'll come back again to you.


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