出自山川老師的短篇集《道草日和》[2014/小學館]
這部作品自2009年至2013年連載於漫畫雜誌「ビッグコミックオリジナル」隔月刊，每個故事都是獨立的小短篇，但都發生於一個偏遠小鎮。
「道草」一詞字面意思是「路邊的草」，常用短語「道草を食う」原意是「在路邊吃草而停止前行」，引申為做事途中耽擱。山川老師在後記中表達了自己對於「散步」與「道草」的看法，散步是高雅的趣味，散步派看起來蠻有錢，道草派就挺寒酸的。雖然道草派會被他人說「你又上哪兒浪費時間了」這樣的話，不過老師覺得道草派都是認真的人，也會有因為認真而看上去很滑稽的時候。
「因為作者是道草派，所以登場人物也多為道草派。」
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