The Waiting Stone

The Waiting Stone was a ryokan (inn) in Aru in Wa in the 1770s on the Wa Calendar. It stood in the northern Mixed District. It was run by a woman known as a mama-san.

Description
Rooms were divided by shoji screens and were warmed by braziers on which aromatic woods were burned. Each had futon beds.

History
In high summer of, a group of adventurers were staying at The Waiting Stone. It was here, late at night, that a troop of samurai led by Tsukku summoned them to a midnight meeting with the daimyo, Benju Matsutomo. The Waiting Stone would be their base throughout their subsequent investigations in the town, with the monk Yaemon possibly sending them a message here.