Aragami-jinjya, Tono, Iwate, Japan

Aragami-jinjya, Tono, Iwate, Japan
Aragami-jinjya, Tono, Iwate, Japan

Tōno is a city located in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. The city of Tōno lies near the center of Iwate Prefecture in the floodplain of the Sarugaishi River. It is known as “The City of Folklore” for its rural nature, its preservation of traditional culture and especially for the collection of folktales, Tōno Monogatari, written by Kunio Yanagita in 1910.

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