Title Onie no Sato History Museum

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Topic(s):
Activities National Parks/Quasi-National Parks Public Works & Institutions (Museums, etc.)
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FY Prepared:
2019
Associated Tourism Board:
setonaikaikokuritsukoembungotakadashitagengokaisetsukyogikai

鬼会 鬼会の里 歴史資料館

豊後高田にある鬼会の里 歴史資料館では、当地で人々がどのように生活していたかを学ぶことができます。この資料館はまた、近くの天念寺と講堂で開催される修正鬼会に焦点を当てています。当館のレストランとカフェでは、手作りそばや、修正鬼会で提供される食事である焼もち入りの「鬼の目そば」を楽しめます。


資料館で上映される短い映画では、毎年旧正月に開催され、豊作を祈る修正鬼会を味わうことができます。1,000年以上続くこの祭りのハイライトは、赤鬼や黒鬼に扮した僧侶が燃えるたいまつを振り回し、邪悪な霊を追い払ってなだめることです。鬼は怖いと通常考えられていますが、国東の鬼は人々に幸せをもたらすと言われています。鬼の面、衣装、他の道具など、祭りに使われる小道具も資料館に展示されています。資料館の別の展示は、資料館がある天念寺耶馬地区に焦点を当てたものです。ここでは、渡る人の転落を防ぐ手すりや欄干が無いことで有名な無明橋をVR体験で渡ることができます。この有名な構造物の上を歩く気分になれるのです。


Onie no Sato History Museum

Exhibits at the Onie no Sato History Museum demonstrate how people used to live in the area. The main focus is the Shujo Onie Festival which takes place at the nearby Tennenji Temple and hall, an event held at the lunar new year when revelers wish for an abundant harvest season. The highlight of the festival, which has taken place for over 1,000 years, is a dance in which monks dressed as red and black oni (ogres) brandish blazing torches in order to calm and ward off evil spirits. While ogres are generally considered to be frightening characters, the oni in Kunisaki are said to bring happiness to people. Props from the festival are on display at the museum and include oni masks, costumes, and various tools. A short film of the festival is shown at the museum.


Another exhibit at the museum focuses on the Tennenji Yaba area where the museum is located. Here, visitors can cross a replica of the Mumyo Bridge (a common type of bridge used for ascetic practices), famed for having no railings or sides to protect those who cross it from falling into the deep ravine below. The exhibit is interactive, with a virtual reality (VR) experience that gives the sensation of walking over the iconic structure, complete with views of the surroundings.


The museum’s restaurant offers handmade soba (buckwheat) noodles and dishes typically enjoyed at the Shujo Onie Festival such as grilled mochi rice cakes. “Oni-eye soba” is an amusing dish of soba noodles in broth with grilled mochi cakes representing the “eyeballs” of an oni.


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