Overview
Tono is the setting for the Legends of Tono, often dubbed the Grimms' Fairy Tales of the East. The book, compiled by leading folklorist Yanagita Kunio about 110 years ago, consists of the wondrous folktales Yanagita heard from Tono-native Sasaki Kizen. On Journeys in Japan, Jonathan Senior travels north to Iwate Prefecture and a remote hamlet where the pages of the Legends of Tono come to life.
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13 - 1Yamanobe no Michi January 18, 2022 -
13 - 2Hamamatsu: From Local Expertise to Global Renown February 08, 2022 -
13 - 3Matsusaka: Legacy of Samurai, Merchants, Artisan February 15, 2022 -
13 - 4JAPOW Magical Backcountry Ski Tour March 08, 2022 -
13 - 5—Festivals— A Harbinger of Spring March 15, 2022 -
13 - 6Hearing the Silent Voice of the Bedrock March 22, 2022 -
13 - 7Eyeing Architectural Wonders March 29, 2022 -
13 - 8Nagasaki: City of Hills and Hope May 17, 2022 -
13 - 9Eternally Radiant Himeji Castle May 31, 2022 -
13 - 10Maniwa: Living from the Forest June 07, 2022 -
13 - 11Breathing New Life into Iwaki June 21, 2022 -
13 - 12Exploring the Mudflats of the Ariake Sea in Saga June 28, 2022 -
13 - 13Yamagata: Communing with the Living and the Dead July 05, 2022 -
13 - 14Suzuka: City with a Racing Circuit July 12, 2022 -
13 - 15Iriomote: Pursuing the Elusive Jungle Cat July 19, 2022 -
13 - 16Shinhama, Sendai: A Green Sea Wall for the Future August 02, 2022 -
13 - 17Tamba-Sasayama: Inn to the Heart of a Village August 09, 2022 -
13 - 18Okinawa: Weaving Culture August 30, 2022 -
13 - 19Peak Pleasure in the Northern Alps September 20, 2022 -
13 - 20Midsummer with the Ancestors: Wakasa Town October 04, 2022 -
13 - 21With Isabella Bird: On the Road to Nikko October 11, 2022 -
13 - 22Tochigi: Destinations of Timeless Calm October 25, 2022 -
13 - 23Spirited Away to Tono November 08, 2022 -
13 - 24Hakone Hachiri: Highway Back in Time December 06, 2022 -
13 - 25Kumamoto: Castle Town Loves Its Past with Eye on the Future December 27, 2022