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Once upon a time, in the Konin Era(810-824), as he went here and there around the country like a vagabond, a man named Kukai (Kobo Daishi) came to an old woman's house in Oshio Village begging lodging for the night. Although she was very poor, she showed him great hospitality. At this village, there was a lack of salt and Kukai listened as the old woman told him about this problem. Kukai wanted to help the villagers so he prayed and burned ritual cedar sticks for 17 days, and suddenly salt water poured out of the rocks. This salt well lay east to west of the big bridge. Furthermore, we have heard that at the ruins of the old lady's house there was a statue that Kobo Daishi made, a statue of Kobo Daishi, and an incense burning stone.
During the Edo Period, this village constructed an apparatus for making salt, which they produced and used as payment to the Aizu clan.
These days the mountain salt coming from these rocks is sold as "Aizu Yamashio" (a rarity).

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