A fox made into a udon shop

A fox made into a udon shop

When Tsurugamine town was still a field or field, people around this area used sericulture as a cash income job.

Ichigoro, the third generation of Tokuhachi Aoki, who lives in Tsurugaminehoncho, learned sericulture techniques from Gunma when he was still difficult to work in sericulture, and not only Tsurugamine but also to the neighboring Shinji Village (Midori Ward).

One day, as usual, it was on the way home from Shinji Village to teach. I put the fish I received as a souvenir from the villagers in the foothills, passed through Nakayama, and approached the mountain (Shiranecho) of the outskirts of Okamura.

In this more mountain, there were many mountains of Nasiro flowers (Hamadai radish flowers). At that time, in the villages, sardine flowers were planted in the fields and used as fertilizer for fields. Near sunset, Ichigoro walked along the path where the sardine flowers bloomed as high as human length. The light of the moon gave white flowers in the thin darkness, and it was just beginning to have a mysterious atmosphere.

Ichigoro has never walked this road since it became dark. So he intended to walk carefully, but he seemed to have lost his way. He looked for the way back home, and he was absorbed in the Nasiro. In the meantime, my belly came down, tired, and I felt like walking through the deep river, wandering around, saying, "Oh, deep, deep!"

Still, at last, I climbed up the slope of the pass and was relieved to think, "If you go down this slope, you won't be wrong to Tsurugamine soon." While sitting on the stone of the roadside and resting a little, he began to squeeze and snail.

Then there was a sign that the area would be brighter, and suddenly awakened. Surprisingly, there was a teahouse in front of me, and it was the light of the shop.

"Are you? There's a tea shop in this place…？ And there's a warm steam and a smell. It's the help of heaven. I might have something to eat." Ichigoro was delighted and joyfully passed through the goodwill written as "Udon".

Then a beautiful young girl came out from the back of the store. Ichigoro told the daughter of the teahouse, "Udon, Iccho! A guy who burns his tongue! "Said unexpectedly. The daughter, just silently, put in plenty of steamed udon in a bowl.

Mr. Ichigoro said, "Umee! Umee! "I replaced many cups and flattened the udon. Ichigoro, who was full, was completely exhausted and became full of energy.

And thanked the daughter of the teahouse at the pass, I went down the mountain path. And when I arrived at Tsurugamine's house, it was already in the morning.

When I went home, I told the house that I had lost, and tried to get the souvenir fish I had from Shinji Village. And what came out of the foot was earthworms, which were not very similar to fish.

Ichigoro, who was surprised, said, "Hate? The fish has become an earthworm! Yes. After all, there should be a tea shop in such a place! I was so hungry, and it was turned into a fox. When I thought it was udon, it was flattered, it was earthworms! "

In this way, Ichigoro-san seems to have been turned into foxes since then.