Mikkabi Stone (Shizuoka Prefecture) [Famous Japanese Stone]

MIKKABI stone

Mikkabi stone

Hamamatsu is home to the legend of Daitaro Bosatsu, the god of nation-building...the Daidarabocchi legend.
According to legend, when O-nyūdō stumbled and put his hands to the ground, tears fell and became Lake Hamana.
It is said that the stone that was in the rice ball was spat out and became the floating pebble island in Lake Hamana, and the water gods Ichikishimahime and Benzaiten are enshrined on the island.
In fact, the human bones of the "Mikkabi people" were discovered in 1958 along with animal bones, indicating that humans existed here 9,000 years ago.
They are said to be similar to us, Homo sapiens, but unlike the legend of Daidarabocchi, they were a very short species, only about 150cm tall.
Mikkabi stone is a quartzite that has recrystallized from heavy sandstone under high temperature and pressure conditions, and like chert, it contains various components, giving it a variety of colors.
It is a stone that has both specific gravity and hardness.
It has a slight transparency because its main component is silicon, which is a component of quartz.

Hamamatsu is home to the nation-building myth of “Daidarabocchi'. According to the legend of the Great Nyudo. He had stumbled and dropped a tear, which became Lake Hamana. It is said that the stone that was in the rice ball was spit out and became the Tsubute Island floating in Lake Hamana, and the water god “Ichikishimahime” and “Benzaiten'' are enshrined on that island. As for the actual history, the human bones of the “Mikabi human'' were discovered in 1958 along with the bones of animals, indicating that humans existed here 9000 years ago. We are said to be close to Homo sapiens, but unlike the legend of Daedarabotchi, actually they were extremely short, around 150cm tall. MIIKABI Stone is a quartzite that has been recrystallized from heavy sandstone in an environment of high temperature and pressure, and it is a stone that has a variety of colors because it contains various ingredients like chert.It is a stone with high specific gravity and hardness. The main ingredient is silicon, which is a component of quartz, so it has a slightly transparent feel.