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Kyoto Mouse Shrine
The feature of Otoyo Shrine is a pair of stone carved guardian mice. You can see almost every shrine with stone carved guardian dogs. However, it is the only shrine in Japan which has guardian mice instead of guardian dogs, so many of visitors see them rather than to pray.
They are on the front of the wooden building on the right usually called “Yashiro” in Japanese where God lives.
One mouse has a water ball which stands for abundance, healing powers, and a long life and is believed to bring you those luck. Those who want to have babies also visit this guardian mouse to pray.
Why mice instead of a pair of guardian dogs? It is said that back to the myth, God now worshipped in this “Yashiro” was once in the danger of great fire in the mountain and the mice appeared and saved him.
The feature of Otoyo Shrine is a pair of stone carved guardian mice. You can see almost every shrine with stone carved guardian dogs. However, it is the only shrine in Japan which has guardian mice instead of guardian dogs, so many of visitors see them rather than to pray.
They are on the front of the wooden building on the right usually called “Yashiro” in Japanese where God lives.
One mouse has a water ball which stands for abundance, healing powers, and a long life and is believed to bring you those luck. Those who want to have babies also visit this guardian mouse to pray.
Why mice instead of a pair of guardian dogs? It is said that back to the myth, God now worshipped in this “Yashiro” was once in the danger of great fire in the mountain and the mice appeared and saved him.
Image size
2144x1424px 2.35 MB
Make
NIKON CORPORATION
Model
NIKON D300
Shutter Speed
10/800 second
Aperture
F/4.5
Focal Length
18 mm
ISO Speed
250
Date Taken
Sep 13, 2008, 4:03:44 PM
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Beautiful photo and I like the description you give here. I am curious as to what that feature is on the right of the picture?