Asia

Ishi-no-Hoden is one of Japan's most mysterious and bewildering monuments, a gigantic stone structure in the shape of an old tube TV almost 6 meters (20 ft) high and 500 tons (560 US tons) in weight that seems to float over a pond in the city of Takasago, Hyogo Prefecture. You will now take part in our trip to this amazing stone monument and learn everything about what is believed to be a work of the gods Ookuninushi and Sukunabikona, who accepted the challenge of building an entire castle on Hodenyama mountain in a single night but ended up leaving it unfinished because of a rebellion led by a provincial god. In these Covid-19 pandemic times, despite the recommendations to