Ichijoumodoribashi

When I visited Abenoseimei Shrine nearby, I passed through this small stone bridge, Ichijo Modori Bashi. I didn’t know then it is not good to look over one’s shoulder when passing through the bridge. It has a tasteful atmosphere, but there is no specialty in it, and I thought it is an ordinary bridge that is commonly seen throughout Japan. But I have changed my thought. It was built in the 8^th century, the Heian period and rebuilt several times in the same site. It keeps looking at people, culture, and history of Kyoto.
A mysterious legend of Abenoseimei and this bridge remains. I skip the details of the legend here. By the way, Ichijo is a name of a place, and Bashi or Hashi means bridge. What is Modori? Modori literally means «return». It is said that when the coffin of some famous scholar of Chinese literature was passing through this bridge, his son hurried to get back from a remote place and prayed in front of the coffin here. Then his father suddenly came to temporarily and met his son. Miracle! Miracle occurred! This place was also famous for fortune telling spot.
Kyoto is full of mystery. One more beneficial tip, single women had better not cross the bridge lest they should get divorced to be back after marriage!