One of the mice guardians of Daikoku-sha, sub-shrine of Otoyo-jinja.
Daikoku-sha's mice guardians have become so popular Oyoto-jinja has become known as the 'Mice Shrine'.
Colourful clay mice hold fortune slips within.
One of the mice guardians of Daikoku-sha, sub-shrine of Otoyo-jinja.
6) MICE🐁
Ōtoyo-jinja (大豊神社) is nicknamed the 'Mouse Shrine' (鼠の社 'Nezumi-no-sha') after 2 guardian mice 'koma-nezumi' (狛鼠)...familiars of the god Ōkuninushi (大国主 - housed in the sub-shrine Daikoku-sha).
It is said that they are modeled on 2 mice that once alerted locals to a fire!
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