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Gods' refusal to be evicted
Long ago this was a shrine on a sunlit mountain. However, there were many people who wanted to tear it down for urban development. The gods were enraged and punished them.
Gradually the people came to fear the gods' power and stopped trying to destroy this place. Instead, as if to mock them, they built their buildings beside, above, and below leaving this place isolated from the land.
Thus before anyone noticed this shrine was forgotten. なんと罰当たりなのでしょう。 However, the gods did not curse them. As the people had not worshipped them in a long time the gods had lost their power.