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| Coexistence with Water |
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What did people do when the areas around extreme flooding turned into a lake?
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Local people prayed at this stone monument for protection from floods.
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An irrigation canal system built in the Genroku era and still in use today
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Designated as excellent water by the prefecture.
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This canal is said to have played a role other than that of irrigating the land.
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The source of running water in Takaoka.
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Famous Spring Water in the area, and the origins of their names.
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The canals have a long history.
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An irrigation canal with ancient roots.
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The story of a girl who fell into a large natural spring.
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Damages of the great flood in the Meiji era and efforts for reconstruction.
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In 1952, a heavy rain caused great flood damage to the area.
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In the Edo era, Kizu-mura was listed as a flood area.
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No-machi
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Choemon, a carpenter, performed various welfare activities.
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A story about praying for rain in a drought.
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In the Heian era, salmon was mentioned as one of the main products of Etchu.
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| Custom |
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A scene on New Year's Eve.
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| Development of Transport |
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In the mid-Meiji era, the first train in the prefecture ran here.
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Vehicles of old days
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| Entertainment |
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Everybody looked forward to festivals and Bon dancing.
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Summer entertainment of olden days.
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| Everyday Life |
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Once upon a time there was a cedar that split in half and grew into two branches
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"Sheltering woods, called kainyo, can be seen in the area."
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A milestone called Okan was constructed along the Hokuriku highway
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| Landscape |
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The Hokuriudo highway was used by feudal lords for traveling to and from Edo.
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| Legends |
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The story of a strong man who put out a huge fire at Zuiryuji Temple.
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A legend about the Mikurumayama mechanical monkey doll of Konmadashi-machi
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A legend about the water of the square moat.
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A story about the strongest man in Takaoka in the Meiji era.
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Why a priest was struck from the historical record of Zuiryuji Temple.
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How a small shrine, Hebinomiya came to earn people's devotion.
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How was this well where clear water gushed out nowtooconstructed?
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The legend of the founding of Hachimangu Shrine.
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The religious legend of a mountain, Pon Pon Yama.
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A story about finding a holy object in a ditch.
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The origins of the hanging bell of Joseiji Temple.
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A mysterious story about a tree that once existed.
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The story of a temple bell lost in a great flood.
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The story of an annual goblin banquet.
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| Legends about the Town |
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The story of a famous product of Wada many years ago.
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| Lifestyle Information |
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The good luck charm to prevent measles inspired by a sumo wrestler's hand print
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| Modern Sights |
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A legal notice board known as a "kosatsu" once stood here in Hatago-machi.
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| Origin of Place Names |
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The origin of local place names such as Togiya-machi and Hatago-machi.
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"The origin of place names such as Hashiban-cho, and Kawara-machi."
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"The Saruya Bridge in Moriyama. What does ""Saruya"" mean?"
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The origin of place names such as Daigo, Yokogoshi, and Natsuzumi.
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A manor known as Fukuda-sho is found here.
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The origin of the place names such as Fushiki and Kokubu
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The origin of the place name, Shugo-machi
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The origin of place names such as Futazuka, Tachi and Tamagawa.
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The origin of place names such as Higashi Goi, Hachigashima, and Uchijima.
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The origin of the place names such as Ichiban-machi and Kifune-machi.
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The Origin of place names such as Ishitsutsumi, Nodewara and Asoya.
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The origin of place names in Jozuka.
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The origin of place names such as Ochiai, Yoshizumi, and Oshimizu.
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The origin of place names such as Komyoji, Yukikane, and Rokujubu.
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The origin of place names such as Maida, Nurita and Hajino.
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The origin of place names such as Kamiaso and Shimoaso.
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The origin of the place names such as Iseryo
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The origin of the place names such as Ki-machi, Okeya-cho and Horo-machi.
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The origin of the place name Tateno
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The origin of place names such as Toide and Nakanomiya
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Origin of Place Names, Yokota
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Sagano was a manor of Todaiji Temple of Nara in ancient times.
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Many place names include the suffix "shima/jima" (island).
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| Scenery |
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Children used to sell fresh greens before going to school.
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| Stories about the Town |
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A persecuted Christian family is buried at this temple.
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A priests went from house to house to collect rice during the fall harvest.
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A huge serpent? A giant spider? Here is the legend of the evil god
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The story behind the battle with Uesugi Kenshin.
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It is myth person Makino Taroji 's legend.
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"The story of the face of a god, which a man had difficulty sculpting."
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The sound of chanting and ringing of the bell continued for three days.
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Where fishermen who came from Shinminato to Takaoka would rest.
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The story of a miracle medicine.
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The temple which many people come to now for the treatment too.
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Kurobe, looking for treasure, encountered a huge serpent.
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Legends about ghosts and creatures that bewitched people.
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The unique crest of the temple comes from an exploit of the temple's ancestor.
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A golden statue of the Yakushi Nyorai found in a riverbed.
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Stories of foxes who brought a curse upon a hunter and took the shape of a girl.
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This is a story about a strong girl who threw both Kiso Yoshinaka and his horse.
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A water volume measurement technique used during the construction of the canal.
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People could hear the voices of samurai when they went out looking for crickets
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How were the stones brought up for the stone wall at the castle?
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The location where the young maidens were offered up to a frightening god.
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Why do bubbles rise when you call "Otan" to the spring?
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Tradition has it that Taiko Toyotomi Hideyoshi once visited Tateno
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A sad love story about Princess Momiji, who died with Shibutani in sight
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Grandma ate all the river crabs behind Grandpa's back.
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The treasure is still buried somewhere, according to tradition.
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Why does "Shokan-san" still have the thank-you letters of Maeda Toshinaga?
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How a mischievous tengu was gotten rid of
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In an attack on Moridera Castle, Uesugi Kenshin's ships stopped moving offshore
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Something called out his name on the beach at Ota. What was it?
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The legend of a heroic firefighting tree.
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A story about Shinkoji Temple and Kannon statues of plum wood.
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What happened to the bad salt merchant who mixed sand into his salt?
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The story of Kurosuke, a strong man who saved a temple
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The story of Yagoro, the man who risked his life to rescue villages from danger.
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A giant appeared behind a slightly tipsy reveler. How could it be warded off?
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The story of a man who encountered a huge serpent
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A legend about the wooden guardian dogs at the gate of Mitake Shrine
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In the past there had been a great where it was said that the goblin lived.
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The area around Oiwa and Meiwa was once land
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The story of how two ponds were obtained as foretold in a dream
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| Townscape of Takaoka: Past and Present |
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Townscape of Takaoka: Past and Present
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