Yara Muruchi — Attraction in Kadena

"The Yaramuruchi Legend, located on the border of Kadena Town and Okinawa City, Yara Muruchi is in the mountains of Yara Hirayamabaru. The legend reveals that in the era of King Gihon, there was a giant serpent inhabiting an old march known as Moroki in Chatan Magiri's Yara Village. The serpent brought calamity to the villagers and to quell the calamity, the villagers offered young girls as sacrifices. One year, a girl was chosen as a human offering in order to save the neighboring villages, during the ritual a deity appeared and slew the giant serpent. When hearing this incident, King Gihon became full with joy and crowned the girl as a wife for the prince..." So I ran into this mystical place by accident while running this morning. Prior knowing the story about this place, I walked right down to the edge of the pond and right away you can feel the serenity and the mythical aura in this place. Long story short, I caught a image on the water that reassembled the image of a "Dragon" or "the giant Serpent". ...

That is probably not a place to hang out for long. Do some research on water contamination and you will find the...

昔、比謝川の上流の川深くジャー（大蛇）が棲んでおり、村人達に害を与えていた。その頃沖縄ではヒヤー（日照り）が続いて、村人達を困らせていた。なんとかして大蛇を退治しなければならないがどうしたらよいのかと村人達を困らせていると、ある人が「生贄を出せばいい」と言う。それで村の頭は生贄を募集することにした。そして「生贄になった者の家には褒美を出す」と立て札を立てた。すると、ある村の貧しい暮らしをしている娘が、親孝行のために生贄になる事を申し出た。生贄となる日娘は支度をして屋良ムルチへ行き。覚悟を決めて目を瞑り座って待っていた。すると龍神（白竜）が現れ、大蛇を退治した。 今でも毎年旧暦6月15日には「ムルチ御願」が行われ、龍神に卵を3つ捧げて村人の健康と...