>>4105
>seems every village represents a "tail".
I think it's personalized. I was let in by a Shinto temple high up on the mountain and given a house by the main street leading up to the temple. The street is rather muddy and the house has a raised platform outside suitable for meditation. It's a double house and I was told the other half was for my foxwife who would show up later. She then did. I've been sitting outside meditating since.

Some of my friends entered by the first village and were given a lesson in kanji, then told there would be a test later. Someone was taught how to drink sake traditionally and told there would also be a test on this.