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Shell Mounds is a truly amazing site, isn't it? Yeah! I heard they’re some of the most important ruins in all of Japan. Entrance Stone of Kasori Shell Mounds Park Ho ho... you knew a lot! It's been designated a Special Historic Site. What’s a “Special Historic Site”? These are ruins within Japan that should be specially protected and known to all citizens. Are there many special historical sites? Nay. There are about 460,000 registered historical sites in Japan. There are only 63 "special historic sites." These are rare historical sites equivalent to "national

Knowledge Spots｜Chibanosuke Guide 8How Big Were Horses in the Old Days? Chibanosuke Guide Is this what Japanese horses used to look like? They're so small— kind of like Nomao. H-hey! I’m still growing, you know! Back then, horses stood about 130 centimeters tall at the shoulder— about the size of a modern pony. Even the famous warhorses in The Tale of the Heike were only a little over 140 centimeters. Bones found at samurai residences in Kamakura suggest the same size. Horses today are way bigger, right? Aye. Thoroughbreds, which are common today, stand around 160

Knowledge Spots｜Chibanosuke Guide 12Why Did Chiba Become a Thriving Town? Chibanosuke Guide I wonder what made Chiba grow into a town? It must be the same reason Lord Tsuneshige chose to settle here. Indeed! Roads from all over the Bōsō region converged here, and there was a port on Tokyo Bay— making it a perfect place for people and goods to come and go. And truth be told, that hasn’t changed one bit. Lord Tsuneshige had a keen eye, he did!

Guide Did the Chiba clan and Ashikaga Yoshiaki, the Oyumi Kubō, always fight each other? Not quite. Some members of the Chiba clan actually sided with Yoshiaki. In the Warring States period, it was quite common for people— even within the same family—to switch sides depending on what benefited them. ’Twas the way of the times. So the Chiba clan wasn’t exactly united, then.

Knowledge Spots｜Chibanosuke Guide 15Myōken and the Companions Chibanosuke Guide Who are the group shrouded in clouds, and what’s that strange symbol above them? That’s our guardian deity, Myōken-sama, along with his companions. The symbol above is the Big Dipper. Myōken-sama is the deity of the North Star and the Big Dipper, shining in the northern sky. This is where the story of the Chiba clan begins.

Knowledge Spots｜Chibanosuke Guide 16Praying to the Sun: Taira no Yoshibumi Chibanosuke Guide Who's that man in armor, and what’s that mysterious light shining down on him? That is our ancestor, Lord Yoshibumi of the Chiba clan. It is said he was born after his parents prayed to the sun.

Knowledge Spots｜Chibanosuke Guide 19What Is Hidden in a Rice Field Chibanosuke Guide Something shines in the ground! What’s buried there? After being moved to Chibadera Temple, Myōken-sama was stolen and buried in a rice field in a place called Ikeda, beneath Inohana. But thanks to the divine light shining from the ground, people were able to find and recover the sacred statue.

Knowledge Spots｜Chibanosuke Guide 21Where Was He Going to by Boat? Chibanosuke Guide Who’s that on the little boat? And where’s he going? That’s Lord Yoritomo. After losing to the Heike forces at the Battle of Ishibashiyama—what’s now Odawara City —he fled across the sea to the southern part of the Bōsō Peninsula, to Awa. But thanks to the support of Lord Tsunetane and the warriors of Bōsō, he would go on to become the Lord of Kamakura.

Knowledge Spots｜Chibanosuke Guide 22Come From Behind Victory By The Saving grace of Myōken Chibanosuke Guide Myōken-sama is riding on a cloud… What is he doing? T'was when Fujiwara no Chikamasa, fighting for the Heike clan , launched an attack on Chiba. Lord Tsunetane’s grandson, Lord Naritane, stood to face him—but he was outnumbered. Then Myōken-sama appeared and came to their aid, turning the tide of battle in their favor!

Knowledge Spots｜Chibanosuke Guide 23Why Was He Bound? Chibanosuke Guide Whoa—what did this man do to get tied up like that? That’s Kokubu Saburō, a member of our clan. He kidnapped our young lord, Kamewakamaru-sama. But then—an arrow flew from Myōken-sama’s shrine, revealing that they located in Shinagawa. And that’s how the culprit was caught.