Kumo no Ue
Movie
雲の上 2003/01/01
Character count13,951
Word count5,578
Unique words1,256
Unique words used once675
Unique kanji510
Unique kanji used once203
Difficulty beta Beginner

In some lonely countryside, or more precisely, in the smaller district where the word “community” still fits perfectly, there is an old temple with a red rusty roof. The temple is called Kôun’in whose roof has a tale passed down from ancient times. The tale is based on the myth of dragon god: Once upon a time at a brumous crack of dawn, all kinds of snakes magically flocked to a waterfall. As soon as they merged into a single huge serpent, it started to fly up heavenward. But when it incarnadined his body with the red color of the roof, it transformed itself into a rising dragon.

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