We have been conducting researches on FPP on the theme of "Healthy Aging", aimed at achieving to reduce medical costs though preventive medicine.

A "shachihoko" is an animal in Japanese folklore with the head of a tiger and the body of a carp.
It was believed that this animal could cause the rain to fall, and as such, temples and castles were often adorned with roof ornaments crafted in the form of a shachihoko, in order to protect them from fire.
Well, we found something like shachihoko on the roof of ORI...

What on earth is it?

It was a bid bird (heron) on the roof.
Maybe this heron will protect us like shachihoko!?
It was one of the scenes I like about the ORI garden full of nature. 。