There are some small shrines around here.
This is one of them.
We call it 'Benten sama' because the only goddess among 'the Seven Deities of Good Fortune';(shi-chi-fu-ku-ji-n)', Benzaiten is deified.
It is said Benzaiten is the god of art, public enterainment, eloquence, music, fortune and so on.
A stream of water seems to be associated with those things.
Benzaiten is origanally a god of the Indus River, so it is usually by the pond or river.
This one is also by the pond.
This is one of them.
We call it 'Benten sama' because the only goddess among 'the Seven Deities of Good Fortune';(shi-chi-fu-ku-ji-n)', Benzaiten is deified.
It is said Benzaiten is the god of art, public enterainment, eloquence, music, fortune and so on.
A stream of water seems to be associated with those things.
Benzaiten is origanally a god of the Indus River, so it is usually by the pond or river.
This one is also by the pond.
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