Soseki and Shiki often took a stroll around Waseda; Shiki mentioned the strolls with Soseki in his essay "Bokuju Itteki," 'I was surprised to find that Soseki did not know that rice, which we eat every day, are seeds of these rice plants.'
漱石と子規は早稲田の辺を一緒に散歩することもままあり、その様を子規は自らの随筆『墨汁一滴』で「この時余が驚いた事は漱石は我々が平生喰ふ所の米はこの苗の実である事を知らなかったといふ事である」と述べている。