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The story
Morning Musume.’s Haru Inoue shared a story about her grandfather catching eels with a long tube-shaped trap in the pristine river near her childhood home, sparking a lively thread on 5ch’s Hello! Project board. Her family home is said to be in a secluded mountain village in Fukuchiyama, Kyoto Prefecture, with posters noting its closeness to a river famous for the ayu (sweetfish) once praised by the legendary gourmet Rosanjin, and pointing out that the area had nothing to do with the “bubuzuke” custom of Kyoto City (a passive-aggressive local practice of offering guests tea-over-rice as a hint to leave). The thread also debated whether the eel fishing counted as poaching, with some explaining that its legality hinges on whether the local fishing cooperative holds exclusive rights to the river — all woven into good-natured chatter about Inoue’s wild-child image.
What people said
she's got those sharp, hawk-like eyes despite being an idol.
Yeah, even the photographers from D-Maga always mention her hawk eyes.
Well, she's got that look on stage too, come to think of it.
Thinking about it now, it might've just been a catfish though.
but apparently there were wrestlers named Haru Sonoda and Mighty Inoue.
Haru Inoue's hometown is deeper into the mountains than Hinohara Village would be, if we're talking Tokyo terms.
Classic Haru-chan, never changes lol
That is blatantly a "this doesn't taste good" face lmao
She's probably only ever eaten genuine wild eel since she was little.
Putting it in Tokyo terms:
the "urban" part of Fukuchiyama, the part with things like Hachioji's Olympus Hall, is the city center,
but Haru is from a hamlet way out where Fukuchiyama basically borders on the equivalent of Hinohara Village.
and the river he praised as having the best ayu in Japan — the one he went out of his way to import fish from — turned out to be either Haru's home river or the one right next to it.
(ｏ'3')b Shhh――――!!!!!
"Gon… so it was you… You're the one who always left me chestnuts."
Gon, lying there limp, felt a flicker of happiness. Hyoju
let his matchlock gun clatter to the ground. A thin wisp of
blue smoke was still curling up from its muzzle. (A quote from the classic Japanese children's story "Gon, the Little Fox.")
Used to go fishing there a lot in elementary school.
By the way, grilled black bass has white meat and is actually really good.
Don't know the details, but
I drive through that area a lot and see helmetless moped biker gangs of teenagers pretty much year-round.
Depends on the area.
If the local fishing cooperative holds fishing rights there, then legally it's a no-go.
Poor her, getting hit with "bubuzuke" jokes she can't even get.
Ohh, so "bubuzuke" is only a Kyoto City thing lol, that's rough for her.
That one's from the southern tip of Kyoto — basically Nara.
– Nausicaä
– Asirpa
– Haru
My bad,
not Nausicaä — I meant San from Princess Mononoke.
Background and Key Points of This Discussion
Haru Inoue is a Morning Musume. member from Fukuchiyama, Kyoto Prefecture, and has shared anecdotes about her mountain-village upbringing before, with this latest post continuing that trend. The thread’s main point of contention was whether eel fishing in the river counted as poaching — in practice, this depends on whether the local fishing cooperative for that particular river holds exclusive fishing rights, so it isn’t automatically illegal everywhere. Fukuchiyama is also a city with a stark divide between its urban center and mountainous areas; while Inoue’s family home is said to be quite far from the city center, it’s a common misconception that the whole city is “deep in the mountains.” Likewise, Kyoto’s “bubuzuke” custom is specific to the city center and isn’t shared across the entire prefecture.
※This article was compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project) thread “Haru Inoue: “Growing up, my grandfather used to catch eel in the beautiful river near our house with a long tube-shaped trap”.”
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