In Warouji, Nishi betsuin-mura village, Funai-gun county (currently Kameoka-shi City), it is said that if you walk near the Seiko-ji Temple in Warouji late at night, the ghost would appear under a Japanese nutmeg tree near the temple, and true to his name, it would appear as a Buddhist monk busily using an abacus.
船井郡西別院村笑路（現：亀岡市）では、夜中に笑路の西光寺の近くを通ると、寺のそばにあるカヤの木の下に姿を現すとされ、その名の通り坊主の姿の男が木の下で盛んに算盤を弾いているという。