Ota Shrine
Known from a Heian-era poem, the Ota Shrine irises bloom every May. The island in the centre of the pond is known as "the floating isle," after the isle of the Chinese immortals. |
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The famous irises at Ota-jinja
pond about to bloom. |
The pond was originally part of a marsh known as Ota no Sawa. The Heian poet Fujiwara no Toshinari referred to the Ota irises in the following verse:
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Mountain of gods, |
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Ota Shrine. |
