Shirane Fudo dragon

Folk tale "Shirane Fudo no Ryu"

Once upon a time, the story of Shirane's Fudo was still surrounded by ponds.

Shirane Fudo was not a park like today. Once upon a time there was a pond, there was a small Tsukiyama in the middle of it, which had a beautiful Imperial Palace garden.

One day, a carpenter's brother came from Atsugi to the priest who lived in Shirane Fudo.

On the way home after finishing errands, when I was taking a break at Shirane Bridge, I heard a loud noise from under the bridge. When I was surprised and looked under the bridge, a big dragon made a noise there and was swimming in the clear stream of Naka Horikawa toward Shirane Fudo.

I was suspicious and followed him, and found Junsai (name of aquatic plants) in Shimizu beside Fudo-sama, and was eating deliciously.

After eating, the dragon went down Naka-Horikawa, passed through Katabira River, went out to the sea, up the Okagawa River, and headed to Mt. Enkai (Isogo Ward).

Once upon a time, the dragon liked the clear stream in this way, looked for his favorite Junsai, traveled back and forth between Shirane Fudo and Mine Enkaizan, and surprised the passers-by.