Yokai of Yamanashi

Okuri-inu

送り犬（おくりいぬ）

A 1936 Gifu account describes a mountain dog that follows a traveler all the way to his door — and leaves only after salt and a word of thanks.

• Mountain · Road · Forest
• Mixed

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