A town in Wakayama Prefecture set fire to rice straw 170 years ago to warn of a tsunami.
昔、津波から、たくさんの人を助けた町のニュースです
News about a town that saved many people from a tsunami in the past.
There was a big earthquake 170 years ago.
At this time, a man who lived in Hirokawa Town, Wakayama Prefecture, set fire to rice straw to warn people that a tsunami was coming.
And I was able to help a lot of people.
このことを伝えていくために、毎年、お祭りを行っています
We hold a festival every year to convey this message.
This year, about 500 people gathered on the 19th.
Carrying a lighted piece of wood, I walked to a shrine in a high place.
At the shrine, everyone lit rice straw on fire, saying, ``A tsunami is coming.’’
People who came to the festival said they learned that if they went to a higher place, they wouldn’t be harmed.
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