"One day, when the god of Lake Akan was going for a walk around his lake, he accidentally stepped on a water chestnut [...]"

"To the west of Shiraoi, in the mountain of Noboribetsu Hot Springs and Lake Kuttara, sometimes, a mysterious fire has been seen."

"A long time ago, there lived a race of small people called korpokkur  (meaning 'people beneath the butterburs') in this region."