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Boulder of Namai that repaid a gift of rice with a talisman pebble, founding generations of household prosperity.

According to a legend from Namai, a great stone once spoke to the head of a village headman's household, pleading, "My children are starving," and asking for food. The headman offered the stone a barrel's worth of rice balls. In return, the stone gave him a small pebble. After the headman displayed the pebble in his home, his household prospered beyond all expectation.

Yamagata