Jizo that was put on a trip

Once upon a time, people living in the mountains of Konan could only eat fish when fish sellers came from Kamakura.
Fish selling brought a lot of fun stories, including fresh fish, events in the town and things that were in other villages. So the villagers were always looking forward to this fish sale.

It's one day. The fish sale that approached Kotsubomichi was killed in a chase. It would have been very hard to leave his family and die in a distant land.
The villagers were very sad about the death of this fish sale, and even though they were hard to live, they collected a little money, built Jizo, and tried to comfort the spirit of fish sellers.

At that time, the sunshine continued, and the year when rice did not grow continued. The villagers called this Jizo-sama "abortion Jizo" and gradually began to support his heart.

However, the trend of a new era is ... A house was built around Kotsubo, a road was created, and the old ones are now disappearing.
The exorcism Jizo, who had been watching the people all the time, was forgotten in the overgrown grass.
On the contrary, the exorcism Jizo, which was completely disturbed, was driven out with two small Jizo on both sides.
From this day, a sad journey of Jizo, who has no pick-up, has begun. The place of residence had to change six times after the old temple, the side of the park, and the open space.
The exorcism Jizo, who had been on a trip, has not yet returned to its original place. When will you be able to return to your hometown Kotsubo?

By the way, eight Jizo-sama are lined up in the place where Joganji Temple was originally located on the Kamakura Highway in Hino. Jizo is usually a set of six bodies, so it can be said that it is a mysterious number.
In fact, two of them were small Jizo, who was on both sides of the exorcism Jizo, who was transferred here.
For this Waki Jizo, this would have been the most calm place to watch over the busy highways.

It is a story recorded in "Old Story of Hometown Konan 50 Episode".
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