tabi-no-mura

Updated: May 7, 2025

Ame is confectioned from malted millet and is virtually the same as the malt extract of the Occident. This tradition of the golden kite is cherished in Japan. The "Order of the Golden Kite" is the most coveted military distinction. From this incident the place where the battle occurred was called Tabi-no-mura, a name now corrupted into Tomi-no-mura.

F. (Frank) Brinkley - A History of the Japanese People : From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era