Tanuki Den (aka Homepost): Date 20220419 
Tanuki Scroll XIX: 峠の一本足 
Read today’s Hyakumonogatari, from Nara Prefecture!
About a one-legged monster that attacks people on a mountain pass. A hunter manages to strike a deal with the monster - the monster won’t eat him provided that it can hunt on the mountains on the 20th of December each year.
Even nowadays many in the Nara area won’t go out into the mountains on December 20th. The day is known as: 果ての二十日「はてのはつか」.
Japanese found in the tall grass
New Things
Kanji
藪 or 薮 ー The kanji for やぶ: thicket; grove; bush
Onomatopoeia
ズドーン！ ー Sound of a rifle being fired, but can be for explosions, collisions, dropping of heavy things.
Places
十津川「とつかわ」ー Totsukawa, Yoshino district
伯母子岳「おばこだけ」ー Mt. Obako
Happy birthday!! 