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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 33Railways or Water Transportations!? Chibanosuke Guide Why did they build the railway to the Sotobō area before the Uchibō side, even though Uchibō has big towns like Kisarazu? Take a look at the map before you. Water transportation is active in Tokyo Bay, y’see. The Godairikisen ships were actively used well into the early Shōwa period. People say the peninsula shape makes Chiba inconvenient, but looking at history, it actually seems like a big advantage!

35A Sweet Connection with Sweet Potatoes!? Chibanosuke Guide Starch production from sweet potatoes flourished after the Meiji period. In the late Taishō era, a factory that processed starch into food 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.,

Across Japan!? Chibanosuke Guide They say the same illustration for the “Fukutoku Enman Sugoroku” game was used in various regions! But the shops shown on it were different in each town? Aye, it seems a publisher in Tokyo sold blank sugoroku boards—with only the pictures—to local newspapers across the country. The newspapers then sold the spaces as ad slots to local shops, matched them to the illustrations, printed the boards, and delivered them with the New Year’s edition. Quite the clever business model, indeed!

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.

Knowledge Spots｜Chibanosuke Guide 40The Harsh Reality of Evacuation of School Children Chibanosuke Guide Did all the schoolchildren who were supposed to evacuate actually get to leave? Nay, the "enko sokai"(縁故疎 開) system ─ evacuating to stay with relatives in the countryside ─ was given priority over organized group evacuation through schools("shudan sokai", 集団 疎開). But around one-third of school children couldn’t evacuate at all, whether due to poor health, lack of resources, or needing to help with family work. It really makes you think… What was the purpose of evacuation of school children?

り組む 「伝統文化・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.

っていくことをめざして。 2021年、千の葉の芸術祭が誕生します。 “There’s nothing special about Chiba 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

もの展示会が、 街と人の「いま」「過去」「未来」を描き出します。 12 artists created their work in Chiba. Historic buildings throughout the city, or places people walk by daily, become exhibition sites. You’ll have a chance to see photos of city people and scenery, work based on the history of our area, or memories of locations found through research. These works of art will help us raise questions like, "Where is this?" or "Who are we?" By walking through the exhibition locations by connecting the dots, a