A Postman

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A Postman in Japan

(Translated and arranged by Saya)

This is a scary incident that happened to a country postman who works in a community surrounded by mountains.

That day, the postman had almost finished work, and he had only one more thing to deliver which was addressed to someone who lived quite high up in the mountains. 

It was such an unusual place that he wondered if anyone really lived up there. 

He laboured up a mountain trail, and reached a kominka (an old traditional house **) 

When he pressed the doorbell, there appeared at the door a young woman. 

Kominka

She was very beautiful, with fair skin and shiny black hair. The postman was taken aback because he had never imagined he would find such a beautiful woman in a place like this. But then he remembered his task.

"I have a post for you," he said, and handed it over to her, and turned to go; but before he could leave, he was stopped by the woman. 

"Would you like to come in for tea?" She said.

"Thank you, but I'm still on duty..." Surprised, he declined politely. 

But the woman insisted, "I know, but this is the last place of delivery, isn't it?" 

How did she know that? 

The postman wondered, but feeling drawn to her mysterious charm, he decided to follow her into the house. 

Just for a cup of tea, he told himself.

A room inside a kominka 

It was quiet inside the house, and it felt like it was empty except for them. 

How could she have invited me in? The postman felt a weird fluttering in his chest, as he was led into a Japanese-style room. 

"Please wait here," the woman told him, before going off to another room.

However, she didn't come back immediately. 

He waited for about half an hour, until at last he realised something was wrong. 

He opened the door and shouted, "Excuse me, I'd better get going now!"

"What are you doing in there!?" 

That was when an old man yelled from behind.

As the postman came to his senses, he found himself sinking up to his neck in a manure pit, shouting towards the mountains. An old farmer was looking at him, baffled, while holding a cloth to his nose to guard himself against the terrible stench.

But on the postman's delivery log, there remained the information about the house, and he most definitely did deliver the post to the place. 

He is still mystified by what happened to him in that house. 

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**Links for kominka:

Kominka: Discover the Enduring Beauty of Traditional Japanese Houses

Kominka: Japan's Traditional Lifestyle

Kominka Bank