小豆洗い · Tōon, Ehime · 1978
Beans being washed under the bridge on rainy nights
What the record says
On rainy nights the sound of azuki beans being scrubbed came from under a bridge. It seemed to say "one shō and five gō, shaari-shari," and people were afraid of it. Other bridges in the area were said to have an azuki-arai of their own.
Our summary in English of the record as catalogued; the original card is in Japanese.
In our articles
Azuki-arai
小豆洗い（あずきあらい）
A bean-washing sound repeats beside a dark stream, but the person making it cannot be found.