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Knowledge Spots｜Chibanosuke Guide 25How Much Is One Koku? Chibanosuke Guide 1.8-Liter Sake Bottle (Isshōbin) What’s a “koku,” anyway? 'Tis a unit for measuring rice. Wait, they even used rice to describe the size of domains and villages? That’s kind of wild. Indeed. For people back then, measuring things in rice was familiar and easy to grasp. D’you know those 1.8-liter sake bottles? One koku equals 180 liters—that’s 100 of those sake bottles!

Knowledge Spots｜Chibanosuke Guide 27Visible Differences in Social Class: Samurai and Peasants Chibanosuke Guide Permit for Surname and Sword-carrying issued by the lord(Full view) Permit for Surname and Sword-Carrying （Close-up of the lord's officials and Shichinosuke） What does this document say? It says that the village head, Shichinosuke, was granted permission by a domain official to take on a family name and carry a sword. So... does that mean he became a samurai? Nay, nay. He remained a peasant in daily life. The family name and sword were only allowed when serving the lord in

Knowledge Spots｜Chibanosuke Guide 29Where Does “O-dachin” Come From? Chibanosuke Guide Packhorse (Image courtesy of the International Research Center for Japanese Studies) Back in the day, people used horses to carry loads over land. That makes sense for heavy stuff— much easier! Indeed. Carrying goods by horse was called “da,” and the fee for that service was called “dachin.” The word “o-dachin,” meaning a small reward or tip, comes from that term. Then if I carry something, I should get o-dachin too!

Knowledge Spots｜Chibanosuke Guide 31Decorative Boats and Their Magnificent Banners Chibanosuke Guide Chiba Boat and Yūki Boat (Illustrated Scroll of the Great Origins of Myōkenji Temple in Chiba Village, Shimousa Province) Decorative Banner for the Large Festival Boat The old Myōken Festival seems really different from today. Aye. Back in the Edo period, two large boats joined the Myōken Festival procession-one in front and one behind the mikoshi-each adorned with magnificent decorative banners. Wow, Those banners are so beautiful! Indeed! They were beautifully embroidered and stretched as long as 15 meters.

products moved into the city, making it an important local industry. They say the starch was used to make things like mizuame (sweet syrup). Chiba City really has a close connection with sweet potatoes! I love roasted sweet potatoes and mizuame! We should be grateful to the people of the past who valued sweet potatoes so much.

Knowledge Spots｜Chibanosuke Guide 36Balloons… That Were Bombs!? Chibanosuke Guide What’s a “balloon bomb”? Toward the end of the war, the army developed a weapon that attached bombs to balloons about 10 meters in diameter. They released them into the jet stream to send them across the Pacific to attack America. It was created by the Army's Technical Research Institute and launched by the Army Balloon Regiment. They launched about 9,000 of them from three coastal areas—along the Pacific in Ibaraki, Fukushima, and Chiba. Nearly 1,000 made it all the way to the U.S.,

Knowledge Spots｜Chibanosuke Guide 38A "Jichi Shūkai" Where Anything Goes!? Chibanosuke Guide What kind of gathering was a jichi shūkai? According to records, it was a student-run assembly where children planned and carried out all sorts of activities—writing essays and poems, singing, dancing, reading, studying on their own, holding discussions and meetings… you name it, they did it! Wow, to think they were doing that back in the Taishō period! Education in Chiba City was really ahead of its time.

Chibanosuke Guide Finally, telephones make an appearance! Aye, but even around 1935, only about 1,200 households in Chiba City—roughly ten percent—had phone service. Only shops, government offices, and a few wealthy families could afford one. So phones were a status symbol back then. Some of the shops in the sugoroku game don’t even have phone numbers!

・新しい文化の発信」の ３部門で構成される、 千葉市で初めて行われる芸術祭です。 Connecting through art. Art gives us the freedom to initiate change. The Chiba City Festival of Arts is the first art festival to be held in Chiba City. There will be 3 programs: CHIBA FOTO A different look at our world through photographic expressions. Experiential/Creation Workshops Workshops where visitors can learn to think and create as they feel. Traditional Culture/New Culture Station A

City.” We hear this a lot. But is this really true? Every town has something unique to appeal. What we need to do, is to give ourselves the chance to recognize what’s attractive. What if we are able to look around through the unique and sensitive perspective of an artist. This will lead us to various discoveries, and things will start looking very different. When we encounter new perspectives and values, we have a tendency to want to start something new. Chiba City should no longer be, “Nothing special” but a place to create “Something new.” Opportunities to