A rice paddle given to you at Kyoto's oldest temple
Matsunoo Taisha Shrine in Arashiyama, Kyoto, is said to have originated in ancient times when the mountain spirit of Mt. Matsuo was enshrined on a sacred rock near the summit and made a guardian deity. Later, in 701, the shrine was built at its current location at the foot of Mt. Matsuo, and the sacred spirit was transferred from the sacred rock to the shrine, making it one of the oldest shrines in Kyoto.
Since the Heian period, Matsuo Taisha and Kamo Shrine have been regarded as the guardians of the Imperial Palace, and were even called "Kamo's strict god" and "Matsuo's fierce spirit." The three gardens designed by Shigemori Mirei are also famous, one of which, the Ancient Garden, was created to recreate the scenery of an ancient rock altar, when there were no shrine buildings or buildings.
This ladle is a unique lucky charm at Matsuo Taisha Shrine. Many of these ladles are inserted into the wire mesh around the guardian deity at the tower gate on the shrine grounds. It is said that if you write down your wishes on these and hang them up, you will be saved, a belief similar to that of votive plaques.
