In Obi, a sightseeing spot in Nichinan City, Miyazaki Prefecture, a stone in the garden of a samurai residence was found to have a pattern resembling a "rabbit" from this year, which entertains visitors.
A garden stone with a "rabbit" pattern was found at the samurai residence "Yushokan" in Obi, Nichinan City.
On the 11th of last month, a city employee who manages this mansion found a 70-centimeter-high stone in the garden with a "rabbit"-like pattern.
The pattern looks like a white rabbit with raised ears standing up and looking to the side.
According to the Hattori Botanical Research Institute, a private facility that studies moss, the rabbit-like pattern was created by a fungus called a lichen, and it may have grown into this shape by chance. That's it.
A man in his 60s who visited from Wakayama Prefecture for sightseeing said, "It really looks like a rabbit. I think it's cute."
Harumi Inada, a city employee who works at the mansion's reception, said, "I think it's very lucky that the rabbit pattern will appear this year. I hope many tourists will come and see it." I was talking to