Note 724 — OMPHI,
Reading edition
In Japan most of their temples at this day are constructed upon eminences; and often upon the ascent of high mountains. They are all, [724]says Kæmpfer, most sweetly seated: A curious view of the adjacent country, a spring and rivulet of clear water, and the neighbourhood of a grove with pleasant walks, being the necessary qualifications of those spots of ground where these holy structures are to be built: for they say that the Gods are extremely delighted with such high and pleasant places.