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Welcometotheromance-filled,fabledlandofSamegawaVillageSurroundedbymountainsandblessedwithbountifulnature,SamegawaVillageisalandfilledwithromantictalesoftheSameike(SharkLake)Legend.SameikeLake,thestageofthislegend,issaidtohavebeennearthesourceoftheclassBriver‘Samegawa.’Fromthevillage,theriverflowseasttowardIwakiCity,andintothePacificOcean.Oneday,shecalledthecoupletoher,andpleadedwiththem,“showmethelakeinWatarasebeforeIdie.”Whenbroughtthere,shestoodstillforawhile,thenleapedintothelake,transformingintoagoldenshark.Aftersaying“Iamthemasterofthislake,thankyouforeverything,”shedisappearedintothewater.Longago,awealthycouplelivinginthislandprayedtoalocaldeityforachild,afterwhichagirlwasborntothem.Thoughshegrewuptobebeautiful,shebecamewithdrawnattheageof16,andfinallyturnedbedridden.Thecouplewereshockedanddistraught,butsearchingherbed,theyfoundgoldenscales.Thereafter,thatfamilypros-peredforgenerations,andwhenthecoupleleftthisworld,thelake’ssharkleftforIwaki’socean.(Anumberofdifferentaccountsexist)2
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