Nakaragi Shrine, located at the northwestern part of the Kyoto Botanical Gardens, is dedicated to Amano Futotama-no-Mikoto, a god connected with silk culture and weaving, normally associated with the powerful Hatta clan (an immigrant clan from Korea) who were important in the siting of the capital in Kyoto. The Hatta clan is believed to have introduced the techniques of silk production to Japan and the area around Nakaragi Shrine was probably important in the cultivation of silk worm.

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