From the man-eating Yamata no Orochi to slithering gods, snakes have been a part of ... the princess Kushinadahime, the deity Susanoo appears and vanquishes the serpent, lopping off its eight ...

The annual event, the 53rd to date, takes place at Yasakajinja shrine in the city’s Higashiyama Ward because it venerates the deity Susanoo no Mikoto, who composed the first waka poem of 31 ...