Sea and Japan Project Public Relations Office
Sweets created in collaboration with the anime “The Nue Legend of Lake Okuhamana” from Hamana Ward, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, the town of sea folktales!
Sales start from May 8, 2024 Sales location: Mikkabi Seika,
Mikkabi-cho, Hamana-ku, Hamamatsu City
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In the “Umi no Folktale Town Project,” which is an initiative of the Japan Folktales Association and the Nippon Foundation, to commemorate the completion of the animation of the folktale “The Legend of the Nue of Lake Oku Hamana,” which has been passed down in Hamana Ward, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, we will exterminate the Nue. We have started selling “Nue Manju” in collaboration with the story of. The way to eat it is to recreate the battle to exterminate the Nue that appears in The Tale of the Heike. The master archer, Minamoto no Yorimasa, uses his bow to cut the manju into four pieces, and the local retainer, Ino no Hayata, uses a sword-shaped toothpick to finish off the nue by cutting it with his sword. I reproduced it.
Instructions on how to eat the food are also posted inside the store. This initiative is being carried out as part of the Nippon
Foundation’s “Ocean and Japan Project,” which connects people through the ocean in order to pass on the rich and beautiful ocean to the next generation.
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The anime produced this time tells the story of how four place names in Mikkabi-cho, Hamana-ku, Hamamatsu City are derived from the legend of “slaying the Nue” that appears in The Tale of the Heike, and which still remain in the local area. Approximately 860 years ago during the Heian period, Emperor Nijo of the Kyoto Imperial Palace fell ill. It is said that when a monster bird called a Nue, which has the head of a monkey, the body of a raccoon dog, the limbs of a tiger, and the tail of a snake, makes a creepy cry, the illness becomes even more severe. There, Minamoto Yorimasa, a master archer, shoots an arrow at the flying Nue in an attempt to get rid of it. In addition, Hayata, a local wild boar and one of his retainers, killed him with a sword, and Emperor Nijo recovered from his illness. The body of the Nue that was cut was scattered into four parts, the place where the head fell was Nueshiro in Mikkabi-cho, the body was called Dosaki, and the tail was called Ona. It is said that the feather is called “Hanehira”, and it is still the name of a historical place in Mikkabi Town.
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Click here to view Hamamatsu City’s sea folktale animation of Lake Hamana, “The Nue Legend of Lake Oku-Hamana,” and sightseeing information about the town of folktales.
https://uminominwa.jp/animation/56/
We have completed a collaboration steamed bun that is particular about how to eat it.
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-You can experience the story of the Nue legend! How to eat Nue Manju- 1. Use a bow to cut the Nue into four pieces.
Legend has it that Minamoto no Yorimasa, a master archer, shoots his bow into the air in an attempt to exterminate the Nue, but the Nue was stubborn and still alive. In Mikkabicho, Hamana Ward, Hamamatsu City, there are traditional craftsmen who make bows. The materials used for the strings are recycled from leftover materials from the bow manufacturing process.
2. Use a sword toothpick to cut into 4 pieces and enjoy.
According to legend, the wild boar Hayata from Mikkabi, a retainer of Minamoto no Yorimasa, deals the final blow to the Nue. Nue’s body, which was dismembered into four pieces, fell into Lake Oku-Hamana, and the place names Nuedo, Ona, Dozaki, and Hahei still remain in Mikkabi Town.
-Mikkabi Seika (Nue Manju development store)-
In 1945, eight confectioners from Mikkabi joined forces to open a shop in order to survive the wartime shortage of supplies. At that time, supplies such as sugar and sweets were in short supply, so the confectionery shop was started by people coming together for the sake of the community.We cherished the local history and made use of ingredients unique to Mikkabi. , is a store that continues to make sweets that can be enjoyed casually.
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Mikkabi Seika official website https://mikkabi-seika.com
-About sales-
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Japan Folktales Association official website
https://www.nippon-mukashibanashi.or.jp/
Official website https://uminominwa.jp/
Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi0_5K6G1yYKYgBL9AFjeGQ Twitter https://twitter.com/uminominwa
-Organization overview-
Organization name: General Incorporated Association Japan Folktales Association URL: https://www.nippon-mukashibanashi.or.jp/
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Nippon Foundation “Ocean and Japan Project”
The sea supports Japanese people’s lives in various ways, sometimes giving them peace of mind, excitement, and inspiration. This is an all-Japan project that aims to encourage people across the country, including children, to view the ongoing environmental deterioration of the ocean as their own, and to expand the circle of action to preserve the ocean for future generations. is.
https://uminohi.jp/
More details about this release:
https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000002604.000077920.html