What happened on March 5?

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  Nine-Tailed Fox (Kyubi no Kitsune) Yokai

  A fox yokai with nine tails. Legend says it took the form of the beautiful Tamamo-no-Mae to win over the retired Emperor Toba, was unmasked and killed on the plain of Nasu, and turned into the "Killing Stone". The stone split in 2022.

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  Sessho-seki (Killing Stone) Mysteries & Phenomena

  A rock at Nasu-Yumoto in Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture, long feared for killing any living thing that approached it. Legend says it is the nine-tailed fox Tamamo-no-Mae turned to stone after being unmasked and slain. In 2022 the stone was found split in two.

Events based on the old lunar calendar, or festivals whose dates vary by year, are shown on approximate dates.