Matsunoo Shrine

shrine located a couple of kilometers south of the Arashiyama area of Kyoto, Japan. It is home to a spring at the base of the mountain, Arashiyama, that is believed to be blessed. It is said that during the move of the capital from Nagaoka to Kyoto, a noble was said to have seen a turtle bathing in under the spring's waterfall, and created a shrine there (...)