According to legend, long time ago a rich man named Hatano Irogu was practicing archery aiming at targets made of rice cakes (mochi). One day, one of the rice cakes transformed into a white crane, flying away. He followed the crane and, after landing on a field, the crane transformed again in a rice plant. After that, the surrounding rice fields produced rich harvests.
Hatano Irogu erected on that place a shrine dedicated to the kami of rice and agriculture, Inari. That shrine is the today’s renowned Fushimi Inari Taisha in Kyoto…
Click on photo for higher resolution:
If you want to license my photos for commercial use, please contact me
EXIF Info:
|
 |
Yesterday’s Japan Photo:The oldest five-storied pagoda in Japan |
