Yamata No Orochi Park

A monument to fight Yamata no Orochi and susanoo no Mikoto

Original Text

A small park on the banks of the Hii River in Kiji Town. The symbol is the monument where Yamatano Orochi and Susanoo Onomikoto fight. Yamata no Orochi is more prominent, but Susanoo no Mikoto may be a little difficult to notice.

Yamata Osnake and susanoo no Mikoto

Original Text

　There was a little time until the check-in time of the inn, so I stopped by looking for something nearby. There is no parking lot, so it is parked on the road. However, it is safe because it is not a road where cars pass very much. The park is small, with only a stone monument and a stone statue. It seems that Susanoo No Mikoto will be the place where he picked up chopsticks flowing from the river, which seems to be the beginning of the legend of the Yamata Osnake. The stone statue seems to be confronted by the great snake of Hachiman and the Susanoo no Mikoto, but it is said that it actually confronted ...