Prior to these, the local kami may be ritually installed in mikoshi and paraded through the streets, such as Gion in Kyoto, and Hadaka in Okayama. |
The Okayama prefectural police believe the woman drowned after high tides overwhelmed her home in the coastal town Kurashiki. |
Shirai did teach swordsmanship in Okayama, but he was never officially registered as an Okayama samurai and he remained a ronin throughout his life. |