a spring called kowashimizu , which was used for the newborn shikibu ' s first bath , still exists , as well as a miraculous spring called nekonaki hot spring where shikibu ' s cat " some ," grieving at parting from her when she was thirteen , was cured as she cried and her body soaked . 式部が産湯を浴びた湧水を小和清水（こわしみず）、十三でこの地を離れた式部との別れを悲しんだ飼猫『そめ』が啼きながら浸かり病を治したといわれる霊泉が猫啼温泉として現存する。
it is said that as natsui was escorted to tosa province , some peasants and the other subjects of higo province , on one hand , attempted to prevent natsui from being transferred out of the province , and on the other hand , peasants and the other subjects of sanuki province followed natsui from inside sanuki province to the border of tosa province , regretting at parting . 土佐国へ護送中、肥後国の百姓等が夏井の肥後国外への移送を拒もうとしたり、讃岐国の百姓等は讃岐国内から土佐国の境まで夏井に付き随い別れを惜しんだという。
