Written history of the area records a village that suffered repeated outbreaks of fire. A geomancer was consulted who revealed that the village was facing a "fire mountain," and that the villagers should erect a lion image as protection.
根據沖繩正史「球陽」記載，有個村子屢生回祿，村民請教風水先生，風水先生表示，村子面向之山為火山，故村中多火災，必須立獅像以對，之後果然不再無故失火。