Tale 1 — The origin and geography of Tono
Tono was a flatland surrounded by the mountains of Kamihei District, Rikuchu, and consisted of one town and ten villages. It is told that what was once a lake across the whole area flowed out into the human world as the Sarugaishi River, and that villages such as these formed naturally.
- Land
- Tono
- Setting
- Tono, Iwate
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