Tale 33 — The mysterious light of Mount Shiromi and the phantom gold
When one spent the night on Shiromi mountain, the area grew faintly bright around midnight, and from beyond the valley one might hear the sound of a great tree being felled or the sound of singing. A mushroom gatherer found a golden trough and ladle in the mountains, but could not carry them home, and though he marked the spot, he searched again the next day and never found them.
- Land
- Tono
- Setting
- Mount Shiromi, on the Tono–Miyako border, Iwate
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