Okushi Shell Mound in Mito was regarded as a midden of hard clams caught and eaten by a giant with 72-meter-long footprints who lived nearby, according to a legend included in Hitachi Fudoki, a gazetteer of local lives and culture published in the early 620s.

#220 Daidarabochi

Type

Legendaries

Place

Ogushi Kaizuka Fureai Park

Area

Mito, Ibaraki

Country

Japan

Date

3 November 2009

The place and area names are as of the visited points of time.