Shuten Doji was born in Sunakozuka in Kanbara county (modern-day Sunakozuka, Bunsui-cho, Niigata Prefecture) and served as a page-boy of Kokujo-ji Temple, whereas Ibaraki Doji was supposedly born deep in the mountains at Karuizawa in Koshi county (today's Karuizawa in Nagaoka City, Niigata Prefecture) and his upbringing entrusted to Yahiko-jinja Shrine.
酒呑童子は蒲原郡の砂子塚（現・新潟県分水町砂子塚）生まれで国上寺の稚児だったが、茨木童子は古志郡の山奥の軽井沢（現・新潟県長岡市軽井沢）の生まれでやはり弥彦神社に預けられていた。