Records in Ōita

Azuki-arai

小豆洗い(あずきあらい)

A bean-washing sound repeats beside a dark stream, but the person making it cannot be found.

  • River · Mountain
  • Unknown

Danger 2/5 Editorial rating Danger rating 2 out of 5. This is an editorial rating, not a folklore measurement.

  • 1986 Kunisaki Folklore record

    Sound by wells and pools, explained as a weasel

Yamawaro

山童(やまわろ)

The hairy mountain child of Kyushu: a 1950 Ashikita record of one snapping twigs all night beside a charcoal burner, the rice balls and sake it works for, the paths where no kiln may stand, and the belief that it is the kappa gone up the mountain for the winter.

  • Mountain · Forest · River
  • Mixed

Danger 2/5 Editorial rating Danger rating 2 out of 5. This is an editorial rating, not a folklore measurement.

  • 1986 Ōita Folklore record

    Called yamawara, yama-aro or seko; in many districts the kappa that climbs the mountain at the autumn equinox

Records Library: Ōita