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Mt. Ibuki (New Version)
[Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture]

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Mt.Ôta Park (Kisarazu Harbor)

This park is called the "Forest of Love" because of the following poem written about Yamato-takeru.

Unable to tear yourself away,
you gaze at the waves,
so like her sleeves,
rising in the inlet
and think, "O wretched fate."

Kimisarazu Tower (in Mt. Ôta Park)

Yamato-takeru stood for some time on the summit of Mt. Ôta, gazing down at the sea and reflecting on the sad fate of Ototachibana-hime, who had saved him by sacrificing herself to the sea god. The summit of the mountain was later called "Kimisarazu" after the first line of the poem.

Yamato-takeru and Ototachibana-hime: Kimisarazu Tower

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NPO Hiroshima kagura Art Laboratory

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