6) SNAKE🐍 (S.S.E)
Nittai-ji (日體寺) houses 'Myōken in the Direction of the Snake' (巳の方の妙見さん).
Also known as the 'North Star Myōken' (北辰妙見尊), the statue was originally enshrined at the 'Gion Intersection' (祇園石段下) until the area's redevelopment in 1885.
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Snake statue in the grounds of Otoyo-jinja.
This rather wonderful looking dish is 'jabara konbu' (蛇腹昆布). Kelp (昆布 'konbu') is braided into a shape known as 'jabara' and then fried.
'Jabara' (昆布) can be translated as "snake's belly", and is used to describe things like the bellows of an accordion.
Nittai-ji temple.
Photo thanks - https://yumimi-kyoto.hatenablog.com/
Snake statue in the grounds of Otoyo-jinja.