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Knowledge Spots｜Chibanosuke Guide 28The Pastures of Shimousa Chibanosuke Guide Wow, that pasture stretches all the way from Chiba to Noda! That be the Kogane Pasture. In Shimousa Province, there was also the Sakura Pasture, and in Awa Province, the Mineoka Pasture. So Chiba had lots of pastures! Were there government pastures like this all over Japan? Nay—other than those, only the Ashitaka Pasture in today’s Shizuoka Prefecture existed. The shogunate’s pastures were mostly concentrated in what is now Chiba Prefecture.

Knowledge Spots｜Chibanosuke Guide 29Where Does “O-dachin” Come From? Chibanosuke Guide Packhorse (Image courtesy of the International Research Center for Japanese Studies) Back in the day, people used horses to carry loads over land. That makes sense for heavy stuff— much easier! Indeed. Carrying goods by horse was called “da,” and the fee for that service was called “dachin.” The word “o-dachin,” meaning a small reward or tip, comes from that term. Then if I carry something, I should get o-dachin too!

Knowledge Spots｜Chibanosuke Guide 30Rules That Haven’t Changed Since the Edo Period Chibanosuke Guide The Five Edict Boards Notice Board Depicted in the Illustration of Hirakawa Village This is a wooden notice board that listed rules for the whole village to follow. It was usually put up in the village center. What kind of rules were written on it? During the Edo period, the shogunate had boards like this posted with orders such as: be filial to your parents, don’t leave the village without permission, and don’t practice Christianity. Did they take it down when the Meiji

Knowledge Spots｜Chibanosuke Guide 31Decorative Boats and Their Magnificent Banners Chibanosuke Guide Chiba Boat and Yūki Boat (Illustrated Scroll of the Great Origins of Myōkenji Temple in Chiba Village, Shimousa Province) Decorative Banner for the Large Festival Boat The old Myōken Festival seems really different from today. Aye. Back in the Edo period, two large boats joined the Myōken Festival procession-one in front and one behind the mikoshi-each adorned with magnificent decorative banners. Wow, Those banners are so beautiful! Indeed! They were beautifully embroidered and stretched as long as 15 meters.

Knowledge Spots｜Chibanosuke Guide 32Travel Journals of the Edo Period Chibanosuke Guide Portable Brush Set Portable Inkstone Pilgrimage to Kominato (Dōchū Nikki) In the Edo period, travelers carried portable brushes and inkstones to keep “dōchū nikki,” or travel journals, where they wrote about their experiences and local specialties. These journals also served to share travel information. Reading a dōchū nikki while going on a food adventure sounds super fun! Visiting famous sights and hunting for souvenirs along the way sounds great too!

Knowledge Spots｜Chibanosuke Guide 33Railways or Water Transportations!? Chibanosuke Guide Why did they build the railway to the Sotobō area before the Uchibō side, even though Uchibō has big towns like Kisarazu? Take a look at the map before you. Water transportation is active in Tokyo Bay, y’see. The Godairikisen ships were actively used well into the early Shōwa period. People say the peninsula shape makes Chiba inconvenient, but looking at history, it actually seems like a big advantage!

Knowledge Spots｜Chibanosuke Guide 34What Does the Chiba City Emblem Mean!? Chibanosuke Guide Moon and Star Crest Chiba City Emblem Look! You can see the Chiba City emblem at the top of the arch. I didn’t know it had over a hundred years of history! I wonder why it’s shaped like that? 'Tis based on one of our family crestes ─ the tuskihoshi-mon (moon and star crest) ─ combined with the letter for "chi"(千), the first letter of “Chiba”(千葉). The sweeping strokes of the “chi” (千) also form the star, and the curved lines on either

Knowledge Spots｜Chibanosuke Guide 35A Sweet Connection with Sweet Potatoes!? Chibanosuke Guide Starch production from sweet potatoes flourished after the Meiji period. In the late Taishō era, a factory that processed starch into food products moved into the city, making it an important local industry. They say the starch was used to make things like mizuame (sweet syrup). Chiba City really has a close connection with sweet potatoes! I love roasted sweet potatoes and mizuame! We should be grateful to the people of the past who valued sweet potatoes so much.

Knowledge Spots｜Chibanosuke Guide 36Balloons… That Were Bombs!? Chibanosuke Guide What’s a “balloon bomb”? Toward the end of the war, the army developed a weapon that attached bombs to balloons about 10 meters in diameter. They released them into the jet stream to send them across the Pacific to attack America. It was created by the Army's Technical Research Institute and launched by the Army Balloon Regiment. They launched about 9,000 of them from three coastal areas—along the Pacific in Ibaraki, Fukushima, and Chiba. Nearly 1,000 made it all the way to the U.S.,

Knowledge Spots｜Chibanosuke Guide 37The Same Sugoroku Game All Across Japan!? Chibanosuke Guide They say the same illustration for the “Fukutoku Enman Sugoroku” game was used in various regions! But the shops shown on it were different in each town? Aye, it seems a publisher in Tokyo sold blank sugoroku boards—with only the pictures—to local newspapers across the country. The newspapers then sold the spaces as ad slots to local shops, matched them to the illustrations, printed the boards, and delivered them with the New Year’s edition. Quite the clever business model, indeed!