Oni in Kitaoniyanagi, Kitakami, Iwate pref. 26km

北鬼柳の鬼(岩手県北上市)のGPSアート

GPS art of demons, drawn in the land of demons✨

Fuku wa uchi! This is a GPS art course where you can draw demons on places named after demons.
This GPS artwork depicts Kitaoniyanagi (北鬼柳) in Kitakami City, Iwate Prefecture.
The area was once home to two villages, Kami-Oniyanagi (上鬼柳村) and Shimo-Oniyanagi (下柳村), which merged in 1889 to form Oniyanagi Village, which merged with neighboring villages to form the city of Kitakami in 1954. The history of the village is long, and it appears that Oniyanagi Village was mentioned in a document dated 1304.

The origin of the place name is said to be the dense growth of willows (柳) and ogis (荻) along the Waga River adjacent to the village, which gave rise to the name “ogiyanagi, (荻柳)” which in turn was changed to “oniyanagi (鬼柳). It is also said to be a corruption of “oiyanagi (老柳)” or “fuchiyanagi (淵柳).

*Another course is available in Oniyanagi Town, which is next to Kitaoniyanagi. Please refer to this page as well!

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