Bridge and Hino Hakkei

Because there was a house of a high-ranking man in the towel. Near Hino Elementary School, the place name "Goshogaya" remains, and there is still "Goshogaya Bridge".
Speaking of which, there was "Tonoda Bridge" a little downstream of Shimo-Mabashi. Around Konandai 1-chome, there is also a place name called Tonoda, but it must have been a rice field of Kitsuto and Tonosama.
In addition, the hill of Hinominami where the bus stop "Kanaya" is located is also called Tonoyama. It might have been a watch stand for some great lords.
There is a legend that the lowland in front of Kasuga Shrine once had accumulated water from Hinokawa and looked like a lake.
And there is a legend that this area is called "Funaki", and there is a legend that a boat was built on the shore of the lake.
In Miyashita-mura, in addition to "Funaki", there were old place names that were linked to boats such as "Ikari" and "Large". Of these, the place name "Ikari" is left as an "anchor bridge" on the current overpass of Konandai 1-chome.
But instead of the boat passed through and lowering the anchor, I guess they were making equipment like an anchor.
Because steelmaking has been carried out in this area since ancient times. A lot of traces that seem to be the work site have been found. There he would have made not only weapons but also anchor from iron sand.
It may be the only bridge to know the true origin of such a venerable, place where only the name remains.
Since ancient times, Hino has long had Hino Hakkei, similar to Omi Hakkei and Kanazawa Hakkei.
To explain the Hino Hakkei, it is as follows.

○Haruarashi, Miyamae no Seran
(Miyamae refers to the vicinity of Kasuga Kindergarten, which represents the beauty of the mountain air rising on a sunny day.)
○Akizuki of Iseyama Iseyama
(Iseyama is a mountain right across the Kamakura Highway, as seen from Daikuma, and is based on the autumn moon over that mountain.)
○The night rain in the wells.
(Goyo well is a well that was on the road in front of Kasuga Shrine, and the place name still remains.)
○The sailing of the south is the only man's house.
(Shinnandai is the highest hill in Kin Imura, which is located at Hino 9-chome, the highest hill in Kin Imura, and see from there, the view of a return boat floating in the river or sea.)
○The evening bell of Tokuonji Temple and the bell of the temple
(Tokuonji is a temple located on the east side of Kasuga Shrine, which is the bell of the evening bell that comes there.)
○The wild goose of Tonoda
(Tonoda is an old place name near Konan Taihoku Park, which refers to the scenery where a group of seats comes from the sky there.)
○Otara's stuff
(Otara is a place name near the municipal Konan garage, which refers to the view of the snow at dusk falling there.)
○Funaki's evening glow
(In front of Kasuga Shrine, around Funaki, in front of Kasuga Shrine, illuminating by the tributaries of Hinokawa flowing there.)

When arranged in this way, it seems that old people are saying exaggerated things, but for example, Shinnandai is now only slightly as a hill in a residential area. .
However, even now, some people still watch the fireworks launched at Yokohama Port on this hill, so the scenery of "Shinnan's return" seen in Shinnandai, which was once higher, may not have been a lie. .
In any case, I think that the old people left this kind of story because they believed that the land of Hino, where they live, was a better place.

This is a story recorded in "Hometown Konan's Old Story".
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