I just finished watching this anime and i found it very interesting~ All the kansai ben is so cute~ XD
This is a story about murder cases revolving around a group of robbers who uses the Japanese folklore story characters such as Benkei and Minamoto no Yoshitsune. Detective Mouri was invited to investigate a missing buddha statue that links to the murder cases. As a side story, Heiji was looking for his first love in Kyoto whom he met when he was small. There is one characteristic that he remembered about his first love that is she knows how to sing the ‘Maru-Take-Ebisu’ song (丸竹夷) which is a song all kids in kyoto know how to sing. This song desribes the road in kyoto, even new taxi drivers were teached this song to made easy their job~
I found this song to be interesting so i go search up on it~ And the song goes like this~
丸 竹 夷 二 押 御池
（まる たけ えべす に おし おいけ）
maru take ebisu ni oshi oike
姉 三 六角 蛸 錦
（あね さん ろっかく たこ にしき）
ane san rokkaku tako nishiki
四 綾 仏 高 松 万 五条
（し あや ぶっ たか まつ まん ごじょう）
shi aya bu ttaka matsu man gojyou
雪駄 ちゃらちゃら 魚の棚
（せきだ ちゃらちゃら うおのたな）
sekida charachara uo no tana
六条 三哲 とおりすぎ
（ろくじょう さんてつ とおりすぎ）
rokujyou santetsu toorisugi
七条 こえれば 八 九条
（ひっちょう こえれば はつ くじょう）
hicchou koereba hatsu kujyou
十条 東寺で とどめさす
（じゅうじょう とうじで とどめさす）
jyuujyou doujide todomesasu
＊「♪ちゃらちゃら」は「鍵屋町」（かぎやまち）を表してるという説もあります。
*’Charachara’ means Kagiyamachi. (name of a place)
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More information can be found in:
http://www001.upp.so-net.ne.jp/asobinohiroba/page238.html
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The sound clip can be downloaded here:
丸 竹 夷
Credit: あいりす児童合唱団 (京の通り名の歌－都の歳時記とわらべ歌－)
