Consult these maps:

Back to the Imasho Town, you'll automatically obtain "Red Ring", which is the key to the hole back in the gold mine where you rescued him.

• Key Item: Red Ring

Let's collect all new items first. Head outside to the street and talk to the lady in green walking slowly (sometimes she walks from the marketplace, sometimes from the blacksmith shop). Talk to her 3 times for a rare item:

• Item: Secret Medicine

Go south to the stable area. There is a lady standing near the entrance saying something about a creepy man walking back and forth in front of her. Talk to the creep 3 times for an item:

• Gift Item: Bouquet - There is a lady standing near the entrance saying something about a creepy man walking back and forth in front of her. Talk to the creepy man 3 times for the item. This bunch of flowers can evolve over time becoming Wilted Flowers.
• Gift Item: History Book Vol. 2 - Talk to the lady in yellows 3 times.
• Item: Magic Jewel - Then there is a shirtless bald guy sitting in front of the stable. Talk to him 3 times. Use it immediately to increase magic bar unless you are completing no jewel achievement.

That's all for the new items. Now, there are 3 optional mini quests you can partake for some goodies, but it requires some gift exchange to trigger them.

Requirement: Meet Kotaro before this side quest.

Note: You won't be able to complete this quest if you play the Oyu Route, but we still have to do it anyway.

Go inside the item shop, then talk to a man standing near a group of people chatting. He'll give you Chalk in hope that you can trade it for Cantaloupe for him.

Then go back to the bar (you can use the side door in the item shop to quickly enter the bar) and do the following trades

1. Give Chalk to Ekei, well as expected, he is unhappy but still accepts anyway, and will give you Tale of the Heike.
2. Take the Tale of the Heike and give it to Magoichi. You'll always receive Emblem. Skip 2 steps below if you play on Oyu Route.
3. Take the Emblem, go upstairs and give it to Kotaro for Canteloupe.
4. Finally, take the Canteloupe back to the quest giver in the item shop.

Now save your game in the bar's backyard.

Requirement: Magoichi has the highest friendship points.

Note: if you play Magoichi route (you gave Salt to him in the Imasho first visit) then the quest giver is already showed up. But for the shake of consistency, we'll give him one more item.

To activate this quest:

• Approach Magoichi and give him Cloth, make sure that you receive one of the following item Wine, Cameo, or Wind Bell (you can ignore the reward if you chose "No Trade"). Restart the game if you receive anything else unless you don't care about item tradings.
• Leave the bar and re-enter.
• You'll see a new person standing behind Magoichi. Talk to him, he'll offer you a map to find Niter for 50 golds (There are 3 Niter in gold mine, and you have to buy this map to be able to pick them up).

Save your game!

Let's go back to the gold mine to collect new items and farm for gold.

Tips: You can re-enter gold mine as many times as needed to respawn the gold nuggets and enemies. One trip into the gold mine should be enough for 5200 golds. If not, just re-enter the gold mine again.

Achievement: Dig Dog

At the gold mine entrance area, you should see a dog wandering around. Your goal is to pet the dog 5 times. To do this, you have to stand in front of the dog, then press "O" (absorb soul action, this gesture is like petting a dog). If done right, the dog will stop, bark, raise its head, and be wagging its tail. Do this a few times until it walks to the other side, then follow it and press "X" to pick up the coin where it's digging.

• Gift Item: Gold Coin

Once you enter the gold mine, talk to the miner who is walking around for 2 times:

• Gift Item: Dice

Take the right path. Ignore Magoichi and go to the next area until you reach the split path. If you have met Kotaro before, you'll see Kotaro struggling fighting demons, so you should help him kill all the demons until he left.

At the split path, turn right. Go all the way to the Dragon Shrine room, then pick up your first Niter near Ekei (just ignore him).

• Gift Item: Niter - left wall near Ekei.

Retrace to the split path, this time go straight until you reach the Magic Mirror, then pick up another Niter on the left side of mirror.

• Gift Item: Niter - near the Magic Mirror, to the left.

Proceed to the boss room. Here, you'll find Magoichi fighting many spikey demons, they drop high amount of gold though, so it's a good place to farm both gold and souls from them. Make sure that you clean up the room before leaving Magoichi.

Once you killed them all, keep going until you reach the dead end where you'll find many gold nuggets on the ground and the last "Niter".

Gift Item: Niter - on the of debris to your right.

Now check your inventory to see whether you have 5200 golds or not. Re-enter the gold mine if needed. Then return to the town -> item shop and buy everything there.

Save your game at the bar's backyard.

Next, we'll activate Ekei's side quest.

Requirement: Ekei has the highest friendship points.

To activate this side quest:

• Give him Fudo Leg Guard you just bought from the store, make sure that you receive either Buraitou Vol. 2 or Hyoujin-Yari Vol. 2. Restart the game if you receive anything else.
• Leave the bar and re-enter.
• Talk to Ekei, he'll mention about a woman pickpocket who stole his belongings.

Now the quest is activated, let's catch the thief by going to the following locations:

1. 1st location: hide near the stable.
2. 2nd location: bar - 2F, balcony.
3. 3rd location: In the blacksmith shop.
4. 4th location: she goes back to the first location, near the stable.

She'll finally give up and give you back the item she stole:

• Gift Item: Broken Bell

Just like the first visit. Whatever happens next will be determined by friendship points you have with each support character.

Restart if needed.

Now head back to the gold mine where you rescued the miner. Put the Red Ring on the lid to open the hole. Don't forget to collect gold nuggets in the room beyond the hole.