Miyako City Kitakami Mountains Folklore Museum

fishing fire

The squid fishing lights flickering in the jet-black sea make it look as if there is a town on the opposite shore. The jewel-like light sparkling in the darkness and the star-filled night sky invite the viewer to a fantastical world. The glittering light is a fishing light, and fishermen are fishing for squid that gather around the light. This fishing, which takes advantage of the tendency of squid to gather around light, is carried out until early morning when the sky turns white. Freshly caught squid is landed at the port and delivered to each household with the taste of freshly caught squid. This fishing fire can be observed from the high ground along the coast from mid-August to late September. Squid fishing season: Mid-August to late September

Settai Nanatsumono

It is said that the dance was started by Settai volunteers in the 15th year of Tensho, praying for a good harvest and the health of the people, and during the Osaka Winter Siege, local soldiers who went to the front danced Settai Nanatsumono in between battles, and it was well-received. It is being Since then, it has been passed down from ancestors to descendants, and now many young people in the area have joined the preservation society, and it is displayed at events in various places. (Tools: The name "Nanatsumono" seems to have come from the seven tools: Sakiuchi, Yatsubarai, Naginata, Kine, Tachi, Ogi, and Okekatsugi.) [Date and time] District festival , events etc.

Tsugaru Ishikawa

It is a clear stream that flows into the innermost part of Miyako Bay and is known as the river where most salmon swim upstream in Honshu. The salmon catching event, which was first held on the Sanriku coast in 1973, is held every year at the beginning of the new year and is crowded with many participants. It is popular because it not only serves salmon-based dishes, but also salmon-based dishes. The origin of the river dates back to the time of the Motoki and Tensho eras, when many salmon were coming up in the shallow Ishikawa area of ​​Kuroishi, Tsugaru, so the sacred stones were divided and inherited, and in the fall, large schools of salmon started to come, just spilling out of the river. Eventually, it became the number one salmon river fishing ground in the south. It is said that the name Tsugaru Ishikawa came to be called Tsugaru Ishikawa, meaning Tsugaru's stone river, from the Marunaga River, which had previously been called the Marunaga River, thanks to the strange stones that were brought from Tsugaru. It is also known as a visiting place for swans in winter.