A remote mountain village in southern Nara Prefecture. Tsuchinoko sightings are told here, and the whole village has held events to search for the creature.
Sighting & Incident Site
Shimokitayama (Tsuchinoko Hunts)
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Positions on the map are a rough guide to the area where a legend or sighting is set. Most pins are placed at representative points of a municipality or prefecture (outside Japan, a city position rounded to about 10 km, or the country), not at the exact place.
Municipality points: Geolonia address data (CC BY 4.0), based on the Address Base Registry (Digital Agency of Japan) / Country points: Natural Earth
| Encyclopedia | Tsuchinoko |
|---|---|
| Location | Nara Shimokitayama |
| Type of place | Mountain |
| Map position | Approximate position (Municipality), not the exact place |
A Japanese cryptid described as a snake with a short, fat body that moves by jumping. It goes by many local names and became the subject of a nationwide boom in the 1970s.