Gentle-biting Prefectural Residents, Weekly Short-Short Note, 410 Characters

Even when told that Shimane has nothing, I don't argue, I just smile.

But I had a pillar of support. The fact that Shimane is the land of the gods where the deities gather.
The people of Iwami thought about it.

The top god is Amaterasu Omikami... abbreviated as Amagami.
If so, couldn't Shimane be called Amagami Prefecture?
The governor declared it.

"We are the residents of Amagami Prefecture."
However, people from other prefectures tilted their heads.

"Gentle-biting (Amagami) residents?"
"People from Shimane keep a bit of distance at first, don't they?"

"They wait and see until they get close."
"They're slow to reply to LINE messages. But they read them right away."
"They make self-deprecating jokes, but get shy when you praise them."
They don't close the distance upon first meeting.

First, they observe.
They wait for the other person's move.
They don't suddenly show hostility and bite.
Unable to express affection straight like a dog, they approach like a cat and converse as if testing the waters.
"Isn't this a gentle bite?"

Someone said.
Before anyone knew it, Shimane residents were recognized by everyone as gentle-biting residents.

However, the people of Izumo know.

Amaterasu Omikami is in the heavenly realm, doesn't come to Izumo, and has nothing to do with it.

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*1 Iwami = The western part of Shimane Prefecture.
*2 Izumo = The eastern part of Shimane Prefecture.

Shimane Prefecture is divided into the eastern and western parts by the Senzan Pass. In the east and west, the language, culture, customs, and everything else are different. They are so different that they cannot understand each other's language. The gods of the whole country gather in Izumo in the tenth month of the lunar calendar. However, Amaterasu Omikami is always in the heavenly realm and does not come to Izumo at this time either. Therefore, it has nothing to do with Shimane.

The deity enshrined at Izumo Taisha is Susanoo-no-Mikoto. The younger brother of Amaterasu Omikami.

The siblings are the Three Noble Children: The three deities born from Izanagi's purification (Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, Susanoo).