Fairy Skin Sapphire (Hiroshima Prefecture) [Famous Japanese Stone]

Fairy Skin Sapphire

Fairy Skin Sapphire

It has a unique soft and smooth feel.
Shobara City, where it is produced, is said to be the site of the tomb of Izanami-no-Mikoto, the "god of nation-building" who also appears in the Kojiki.
There is a legend that Izanami-no-Mikoto and Izanagi-no-Mikoto created the Japanese archipelago with a spear called Amenonuboko.
A stone with its creation and mythology.
Due to its characteristics, it is also said to be a stone that symbolizes love.

Pyrophyllite is a type of leaf rock that is very soft and has a unique, soapy, slippery feel that is addictive to the touch. It is also known as tiger stone because the blue ripple-like patterns contained within the pyrophyllite. Shobara City, where this stone is produced, is said to be having the site of the tomb of Izanami-no-mikoto, the “god of nation-making” who also appears in the Kojiki. Izanami-no-mikoto is one of the gods who played an important role in Japanese mythology, and it is said that she created the Japanese archipelago together with her husband Izanagi-no-mikoto using Ame-no-Nuboko.