No. 70 — Okeaemonko
A foolish son-in-law who had married into the family overheard the women in the kitchen calling red bean rice cakes "Okeaemonko," a fearsome thing. Afraid of the red bean rice cakes that were served to him, he did not eat them, and instead hid them or threw them away by the roadside. When his mother picked up the rice cakes and fed them to him, he realized they were in fact very delicious.
- Land
- Shiwa District
- Type
- Strange Fates
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