Culture & arts・Tsukuba & Kashima Coast

Gama-no-Abura

Also known as: gama no abura

A battlefield ointment traditionally associated with the Mt. Tsukuba area. In the Edo period, Nagai Hyosuke (childhood name Heisuke) is said to have devised its sales patter beneath the Gama-ishi rock near the summit and popularized it by performing at Sensoji Temple in Edo.

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