Recorded Joy·Rakusai / Ōyamazaki

Birthplace of Egoma Oil

By tradition, a lever press devised at this shrine made large-scale oil extraction from egoma, a type of perilla seed, possible centuries ago. Its merchants eventually supplied lamp oil across the region, earning the shrine its title as the "font of oil" before war and rapeseed oil brought the trade into decline.

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These notes come from desk research. Local traditions vary.