September 2019　岩手県の内陸部にある遠野市は「民話の里」とも呼ばれるほど、伝説や言い伝えが残る土地。民俗学者の柳田國男の「遠野物語」の舞台となり、カッパや座敷わらしなどの伝説が残っています。周辺の風景も「日本の原風景」とも呼ばれるほどに美しい田園風景が広がり、素朴な雰囲気が残ります。毎年、９月第３土、日曜日には秋の実りの秋への感謝として行われる「遠野まつり」には約60団体が参加し、郷土芸能が披露されます。
Tono Festival（Iwate Prefecture）
Tono City is a history town in the hills of central Iwate Prefecture.
The area is notable for its rustic landscapes and traditional farming.
Tōno is known as "The City of Folklore" for its rural nature, its preservation of traditional culture and especially for the collection of folktales, Tōno Monogatari, written by Kunio Yanagita in 1910.
Tono festival is held on the 3rd weekend of September.
You will be overwhelmed by the power still thriving today in these traditional performances.