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Steamed Bun Enshriner

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Rin Shrine, located in the Kango Shrine's property, enshrines a deity of steamed buns; it is recorded that a Rin, who was from China and settled near the shrine in the middle 14th century, introduced steamed buns to Japan and has in after ages been deified as the father of confection.

#234 Steamed Bun

Type: Areals
Place: Rin Shrine
Area: Nara, Nara
Country: Japan
Date: 21 March 2010

Stone-carved guardian steamed buns, instead of typical guardian dogs

The place and area names are as of the visited points of time.