Prince Koko and Two Dogs
According to Japanese legend, Kobo Daishi was a highly regarded, well-known Japanese monk. One day, Kobo met a giant with a red beard who was armed with a bow and arrows and accompanied by two dogs, one black and one white The hunter was the Shinto god Kariba Myojin, and it was his dogs that guided Kobo to Mt. Koya, revered as a sacred place still today At the Shinto temple at Koya, dogs are permitted entry still today.
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