When he arrived at the present Yura, Tsuruoka City in Yamagata prefecture, he saw eight young ladies dancing to the sound of flute on a rock called the Butaiiwa (meaning the stage formed of rock) located at Yaotome Bay.
そして、現在の山形県鶴岡市由良にたどり着いた時、八乙女浦にある舞台岩と呼ばれる岩の上で、八人の乙女が笛の音に合わせて踊っているのを見た。