| Show japanese shrine honors dog that ended flood A small shine atop one of the peaks of the japanese alps seldom visited by foreigners Is the central object in nn Inte interesting Testing legend of ai old 1 I japan the shrine Is in the shadow of a large cypress tree which Is called no iso or dog darting dart ing cypress tree and Is dedicate to the memory of a dog whose sacrifice Is sup supposed rosed to have saved the lives 0 of the population in that district tradition has it that once the two provinces of kit and I 1 inki were visited by a terrible deluge which made the mountain streams into rushing torrents that swept swe pt all before them and filled the valleys with water the population terror stricken was forced on to higher land brit according to the story the higher they went the higher the water followed them finally the people could go no farther they had reached the top of this peak peah some committed suicide by jumping into the water and the others were sure that death was near at this crucial moment a dog climbed to the top of it cypress tree on the summit dimmit find and for three days find and nights barked nt at the rain and floods on the he foerth day he jumped into the water and was drowned but the floods immediately receded and the people were ivere saved it was in honor of this deed that the shrine was wag built find and the tree given a special name for the climber who goes out of the way and tl ascends to the top of there Js Is waiting one of the grandest panoramic views in japan washington star |
