Title Isshi and Kusshi: When Monsters Meet

  • Kumamoto
  • Miyazaki
  • Kagoshima
Topic(s):
Historic Sites/Castle Ruins National Parks/Quasi-National Parks
Medium/Media of Use:
Interpretive Sign
Text Length:
≤250 Words
FY Prepared:
2019
Associated Tourism Board:
Kirishima Kinko Bay Area Council
Associated Address:
Ikeda,Ibusuki-shi, Kagoshima

イッシーとクッシー: 怪獣たちが出会うとき


1983年、2体の日本で最も有名な湖の怪物が池田湖畔で出会いました。地元で愛される伝説の生き物イッシーと、日本最北の都道府県である北海道のカルデラ湖、屈斜路湖に住むといわれるクッシーです。


有名な漫画家、手塚治虫を含む約3,000人の観客が、いかだに乗ったイッシーとクッシーの像が、ドライアイスの煙の中、池田湖を遊覧するのを眺めました。


像は高さ2.6メートル、長さ4.5メートル、幅1.5メートルでした。


Isshi and Kusshi: When Monsters Meet


In 1983, Japan’s two most famous legendary lake creatures met on the waters of Lake Ikeda. The legendary local monster Isshi met Kusshi, who is said to reside in Lake Kussharo, a caldera lake in Hokkaido, Japan’s northernmost prefecture.

Approximately 3,000 spectators, as well as renowned manga artists such as Tezuka Osamu, watched large models of Isshi and Kusshi leisurely tour the lake together on a raft drifting through fog created by dry ice. The models were 2.6 meters tall, 4.5 meters long, and 1.5 meters wide.


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