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青森県弘前市、岩木山の麓に、鬼神社（きじんじゃ）なる神社が建つ。岩木山山頂奥宮に鎮まる大国主命の娘・高照姫神の霊験により、征夷大将軍・坂上田村麻呂が、山麓に社を建てたという由緒を持つ。神社にも関わらず、弘前藩主・津軽氏の家紋と同じ卍を神紋とし、境内に横になった一対の石の魚があるなど、不思議に満ちた神社であるが、何と言っても最大の謎は「おにがみさま」と呼んで尊んでいることである。昔、旱魃で村人が苦しんでいる時、大人（おおひと）と呼ばれる鬼が、山を切り開いて用水路を作ってくれ、以来、その鬼を祀っているとされる。当地の地名・鬼沢もその伝説に由来し、当神社の扁額の一部で「鬼」の字に角がないのも、鬼を崇め祀っているが故という。社殿の屋根下には、鍬、鎌、鋤といった鉄製の農具が、数多く奉納されているが、鬼が使ったかのように、巨大である。本殿には、実際に鬼が使ったとされる、千年前の鍬形が御神体として祀られているという。さらには、出所は定かではないが、本殿の地下に、永遠に錆びない巨大な刀が納められており、こうした高度な技術の持ち主であることが、隠された鬼の真相という話もある。日本各地の伝承を見ても、鬼は鉄と強く結びついており、平地の民が、山岳に住む異様な産鉄民の姿に、鬼を見たと言われる。津軽の神社から、鬼の神髄に迫る。

Bill Bryson is an unabashed Anglophile who, through a mistake of history, happened to be born and bred in Iowa. Righting that error, he spent 20 years in England before deciding to repatriate. This was partly to let his wife and children experience life in Bryson's homeland - and partly because he had read that 3.7 million Americans believed that they had been abducted by aliens at one time or another. It was thus clear to him that his people needed him. But before leaving his much-loved home in North Yorkshire, Bryson insisted on taking one last trip around Britain.

北海道西南部、上ノ国町の海を望む山の頂に、夷王山神社（いおうざんじんじゃ）が建つ。その中腹には、保存状態の良い、中世の山城・勝山館（かつやまだて）の遺跡がある。中世、北海道の南部には「渡党（わたりとう）」と呼ばれる、和人もしくは人種的・文化的に和人に近いアイヌが住んでいた。彼らは「道南十二館」と呼ばれる拠点を築き、各館は道南、津軽、秋田にかけての地域を支配した豪族・安東氏の配下にあった。「上ノ国」という地名も、二家に分かれた安東氏の家名に由来する。渡党はアイヌと本州との交易などを糧としていたが、やがてアイヌとの摩擦が拡大、渡島半島東部の首長・コシャマインを中心とするアイヌの蜂起に発展する。アイヌは強く、十二館のうち十までが陥落する。そこで、上ノ国・花沢館の館主・蠣崎氏（かきざきし）の養子となっていた、若狭武田氏の一族という武田信広が、残った武士を集めて反撃、アイヌに勝利する。戦いの後、花沢館は勝山館に移り、信広は夷王山山頂に葬られたという。その子孫は蝦夷地での支配権を確立、安東氏の支配をも脱して、松前藩主・松前氏となる。夷王山は、松前氏にとって、偉大な祖神が眠る聖地であった。神社を鍵に、知られざる中世北海道の歴史を紐解く。

Daniel Everett, then a Christian missionary, arrived among the Pirahã in 1977 - with his wife and three young children - intending to convert them. What he found was a language that defies all existing linguistic theories and reflects a way of life that evades contemporary understanding. The Pirahã have no counting system and no fixed terms for color. They have no concept of war or of personal property.

On 30 January, 1981 Joe Tasker and Ade Burgess stood at 24,000 feet on the west ridge of Mount Everest. Below them were their companions, some exhausted, some crippled by illness, all virtually incapacitated. Further progress seemed impossible. Everest the Cruel Way is Joe Tasker's story of an attempt to climb the highest mountain on earth - an attempt which pushed a group of Britain's finest mountaineers to their limits. The goal had been to climb Mount Everest at its hardest: via the infamous west ridge, without supplementary oxygen and in winter.

Bangkok. Esto es la Guía Oficial de Holiday FM de Bangkok. Bangkok es una de las ciudades más vibrantes y emocionantes en el mundo y con unas surgerencias buenas es fácil de evitar los sitios concurridos y simplemente aprovechar de los paisajes y sonidos exóticos. La primera regla es mantenerse fuera de las calles cuando sea posible. Bangkok esta construido sobre una red de canales y calles estrechas que a veces no aguantan la gran cantidad de trafico que pasa por la ciudad.

This is the Official Holiday FM Travel Guide to Bangkok, including information from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s Know Before You Go campaign.Bangkok is one of the most vibrant and exciting cities in the world and with a bit of insider knowledge it's easy to avoid the gridlocked streets allowing you to focus on the exotic sights and sounds. The golden rule is to stay off the roads wherever possible.

Are you excited about planning your next trip? Do you want to try something new while traveling? Would you like some guidance from a local? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this book is just for you. Greater Than a Tourist - Nairobi, Kenya by Mildred Achoch offers the inside scoop on Nairobi.

This book is mainly about Bangkok but also tells about travel in Thailand and a few short pieces about travel to other countries from Bangkok.

After living in Britain for two decades, Bill Bryson recently moved back to the United States with his English wife and four children (he had read somewhere that nearly 3 million Americans believed they had been abducted by aliens - as he later put it, "It was clear my people needed me." They were greeted by a new and improved America that boasts microwave pancakes, twenty-four-hour dental-floss hotlines, and the staunch conviction that ice is not a luxury item.

Bangkok is one of the most exciting cities in the world. It has much to offer, from its delicious and plentiful food to its rich cultural history and bustling street life, and of course its abundance of beautiful women. In the past to find out how to get around Bangkok on a budget and enjoy its many salacious wonders you would need to buy your respectable guide that would tell you where to get the best Pad Thai and when all the temples opened and then consult unconvincing three year old online guides to meeting Thai girls.

In 1834, Ralph Waldo Emerson, formerly a Unitarian minister, began a new career as a public lecturer. Nature (1836), his first published work, contained the essence of his transcendental philosophy. This collection contains 11 of his most celebrated and memorable essays....

For the first time ever Roland Huntford presents each man's account of the race to the South Pole in their own words. In 1910, Robert Falcon Scott and Roald Amundsen set sail for Antarctica, each from his own starting point, and the epic race for the South Pole was on. 2010 marks the centenary of the last great race of terrestrial discovery. For the first time Scott's unedited diary entries run alongside those of Amundsen and Bjaaland, never before translated into English.

In The Geography of Genius, acclaimed travel writer Weiner sets out to examine the connection between our surroundings and our most innovative ideas. He explores the history of places, like Vienna of 1900, Renaissance Florence, ancient Athens, Song Dynasty Hangzhou, and Silicon Valley, to show how certain urban settings are conducive to ingenuity.

At 28,251 feet, the world's second-tallest mountain, K2 thrusts skyward out of the Karakoram Range of northern Pakistan. Climbers regard it as the ultimate achievement in mountaineering, with good reason. Four times as deadly as Everest, K2 has claimed the lives of seventy-seven climbers since 1954. In August 2008 eleven climbers died in a single thirty-six-hour period on K2–the worst single-event tragedy in the mountain's history and the second-worst in the long chronicle of mountaineering in the Himalaya and Karakoram ranges.

At the start of the 17th century, Paris was known for a few monuments, but it had not yet put its brand on urban space. Like many European cities, it was still emerging from its medieval past. But within a century, Paris would be transformed into the modern and mythic city we now know. Most people associate the signature characteristics of Paris with the 19th century. Joan DeJean demonstrates that the Parisian model for urban space was in fact invented two centuries earlier, when the first full design for the French capital was implemented.

Perceptive, funny, and nostalgic, E. B. White's stroll around Manhattan remains the quintessential love letter to the city, written by one of America's foremost literary figures. The New York Times named Here Is New York one of the 10 best books ever written about the metropolis, and The New Yorker called it "the wittiest essay, and one of the most perceptive, ever done on the city".

Culture Smart! provides essential information on attitudes, beliefs, and behavior in the Philippines, ensuring that you arrive aware of basic manners, common courtesies, and sensitive issues. This concise guide tells you what to expect, how to behave, and how to establish a rapport with your hosts. The inside knowledge will enable you to steer clear of embarrassing gaffes and mistakes, feel confident in unfamiliar situations, and develop trust, friendships, and successful business relationships.

新潟県の上越市高田は、かつて盲目の女旅芸人「瞽女(ごぜ)」の拠点であった。高田を拠点にした瞽女は「高田瞽女」と呼ばれ(もう一つの拠点は同じ新潟県の長岡)、北陸地方を中心に各地を巡り、三味線を弾きながら唄を歌った。瞽女は、遅くとも室町時代には存在しており、江戸時代には、高田や長岡では一つの場所に家を連ねて集まって暮らす「瞽女屋敷」が形成された。近代に入っても、瞽女の活動は盛んであったが、戦後は様々な大衆娯楽が世に溢れ、瞬く間に衰退し、「瞽女唄」自体は今も伝承されているものの、生業としては完全に消滅した。その為「瞽女の街」高田にも、その痕跡はほとんどない。が、同じ上越市の名立の山奥に、瞽女がよく参拝したという雁田神社がある。江戸時代、畑から偶然発見された陰陽石(男根と女陰の形の石)を祀ったもので、今も社殿の真後ろに数多くの陰陽石が祭られている。陰陽石に関係して、下半身の健康を司る神と考えられ、足腰の神ともなり、社殿内には硬貨で作られた足、腰の字が奉納されている。また、名立から山一つ越えた、糸魚川市能生町の山中には、かつて「瞽女宿」であった、島道鉱泉がある。厳しい戒律を持ち、呪力ある存在とも見なされた、漂泊の芸能者、瞽女。盛池雄峰思い出の地・高田にまつわる「忘れられた日本人」の姿を、高橋御山人とともに幻視する。

When Jamie Maslin decides to hitchhike the entire length of the Silk Road, he decides to travel first and plan later. Then, unexpectedly stranded in Iran - a country he's only read about in newspapers - he wonders whether he'll make it out alive. After crossing the border on foot from Turkey, Maslin finds himself suddenly plunged into the subversive, contradictory world of Iranian subculture, where he is embraced by locals who are happy to show him the true Iran as they see it....