This photograph was taken around Iwashimizu Hachimangu. In an old essay, there is a story about a priest of Ninnaji going for warship to Ishishimizu Hachimangu Shrine. The story is like this;

Once upon a time, a certain priest who had worked in Ninnaji temple said to visit Ishishimizu Hachimangu Shrine for the first time. He visited the Gokuraku-ji temple and the Koura temple, returned, and said to the peer. “I was finally able to go where I was thinking of going. It’s a very nice place. But was there anything that everyone was climbing the mountain? I was curious, but I didn’t see it because the purpose of visit was just to show my worship.” – even for a day trip, we would like to have a guide beside us, wouldn’t we?

In a word, isn’t this the whole story a parable?

Then, when actually going, there is an observatory in the place beyond the main hall of Iwashimizu Hachimangu, and the scenery seen from there tell the meaning of this parable, which should be understood at once.

Then it is understood why the main character of this story was a priest of the temple named after “harmony”.