Episode 1: Biku, who became a stone

　It's about one hundred and thirty years old. Kamiseya, located on the border between Musashi and Sagami, has one house at the foot of the mountain there, and one house on the banks of this river. Was a place.
　One day, a nun came to this village. The nun was named Meiko Bikuni, and lived in a small hermitage and served Buddha every day. When the villagers were tired of work or had trouble, they always listened to the teachings of the Buddha and relaxed the people. Meiko Higani, who is familiar with Mr. Hikyu by the villagers, coughing well while talking about whether he was sick. Worried about such a slender white Ohigaoka, people delivered food and baked their favorite tea. At that time, tea was still rare, and it was used as a medicine.
　One day, as usual, when the villagers visit the hermitage, they can't see Hioka. In the hermitage, there was a rug that Mr. Hioka sat in the morning and evening when he gave a sutra to the Buddha, and there was only one large stone with Sumizome's clothing. The villagers who were surprised at what this was, eventually realized that Hioka had become a stone. Since then, it was said that praying for this stone would cure the disease of coughing, and many people came to visit. It means that when the disease healed, we put tea in a bamboo tube and offered it.
　Even now, there is a small shrine (hokora) of Meiko Higani, where you can see bamboo cans with tea.
Hioka's stone is the shrine of Oishi Shrine in Nagatsuta. It is said to be a three-kill stone along with the key stone of Fukami, Yamato-shi.

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