About the place
Mount Kurama (鞍馬山?, Kurama-yama)[1] is a mountain to the north-west of the city of Kyoto. It is the birthplace of the Reiki practice, and is said to be the home of Sōjōbō, King of the Tengu.It was supposedly the Tengu who taught swordsmanship to Minamoto no Yoshitsune.[2]