to my everlasting relief and after a year's toil in this lonely place have i finally stumbled upon a suitable place for my cargo fortified by nature against the encroachments accidental or deliberate even of those who would force our tongues to betray its trust . "これで安心できる" "この孤独な島で 1年 苦しいんだ末━" "私の積み荷に ふさわしい場所を━"
' amaterasu omikami , upon her visit to yakami , was looking for a suitable place for angu (temporary lodging built to accommodate an imperial visit ), when a white hare appeared . present-day mount akakura ) she was moved by the beauty of the frost-covered trees , and she named the mountain hieno-yama .' 「天照大神が八上行幸の際、行宮にふさわしい地を探していたところ、一匹の白兎が現れた。」
mt . aonegatake is the mountain providing the source for three rivers - kisaya-gawa river which is a branch of yoshino-gawa river that flows to the east , akino-gawa river which flows to the west and otonashi-gawa river which flows to the north - making it a suitable place for the god of moisture and water distribution to be enshrined . 青根ヶ岳は吉野川の支流である喜佐谷川が東へ、秋野川が西へ、音無川が北へ流れるなどの源流となる山で「水分 水配り」の神の鎮座地にふさわしい。
