Passed down around Edo’s Honjo district, the Okuri-Chochin is understood as a strange guiding fire that appears between safety and dread on night roads. Its light sways with a person’s steps and breath, keeps its distance while leading ahead, yet never allows touch. At times it slips to one’s rear or flank to upset direction, and when accompanied by a clapper-like sound it is recorded under the alias “Okuri Hyojiki.” The “Lantern Boy” of Ishihara Warigesui is a formless Odawara-lantern flame that circles on all sides and vanishes when approached, regarded as the same phenomenon as the Okuri-Chochin. In Mukojima it is called the “Okuri-Chochin Fire,” believed to light one’s footing and ensure safe passage, with cases linked to offerings at Ushijima Myojin. Though it rarely causes direct harm, it can lead travelers astray, so locals advise not to chase it, to keep a set distance and pass it by, or to bow at a shrine or temple to seek protection.