Onokoro Quartz (Hyogo Prefecture) [Famous Japanese Stone]

Onokoro Quartz

Onokoro Crystal

A stone from the land of the Japanese archipelago's creation myth, described in the Kojiki.
The two gods, Izanagi and Izanami, stood on the bridge connecting heaven and earth (Ame-no-Ukishima) and stirred the chaos with the Ame-no-Numahoko, and the tide that dripped from the spear became Onokorojima.
The Onogoro Island is said to be the present-day Numashima Island (there are various theories).
Because of its appearance resembling ice crystals, people in the past thought it was an "ice fossil" or "crystallized and hardened water."
In ancient Japan, quartz crystal was called "suisei."
Quartz is said to be a versatile power stone.
Since ancient times, quartz has been revered as a sacred stone and is said to have been used in various rituals.

According to Kojiki (Records of Ancient Matters), it is the stone from the place where the Japanese archipelago was created. The two gods Izanagi and Izanami, stood on the bridge which connecting heaven and earth (Ame-no-Ukishima) and stirred chaos with Ame-no-Nuboko spear, and the tide that dripped from the spear became Onogoro Island.
That Onogoro Island is said to be the present-day Numashima (there are various theories). In the old days in Japan, crystal used to be called “the spirit of water”. Crystal had been worshiped as a spiritual stone since ancient times and it had been used in various rituals.