| In 2001, she published a newspaper "Kottai" (term of Tayu specifically used in the Shimabara District), and although at the beginning the paper was distributed only to a limited number of readers, its reputation had been gradually spread across the country by word of mouth. |
2001年に新聞『こったい』（嶋原では太夫のことをこう呼んでいる）を発行し、当初は一部の読者に配られていたが口コミにより、全国に広まる。 |