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This is a famous ghost well that is called OKIKU Well.
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Okiku is a name of a beautiful young woman who was a servant for the
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retainer of the lord, the Aoyama family. One day she overheard
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Aoyama's plot to murder the lord and assume the lordship. Okiku
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repeated what she heard to her lover, who was a loyal warrior. As a
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result, the plot failed.
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Later when Aoyama found out that it was Okiku who interfered with his
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plans, he became very angry and ordered Okiku's death. To make her
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murder seem more plausible, the retainer had one of ten treasured dishes
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stolen and blamed Okiku. She was tortured to death on account of the
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missing dish, and she was thrown into the well. It is said that her sobs can
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be heard coming from the bottom of the well since that day. She counts
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the treasured dishes, "One, two, . . ."
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