It is said that, based on the Inyo gogyo shiso (Yin-Yang Wu-Hsing theory) and on feng shui theory, Funaoka-yama Mountain is a hill of the god Genbu (a Chinese god) where vital energy of the earth overflows.
陰陽五行思想、風水思想に基づいて、船岡山は大地の気が溢れ出る、玄武の小山と言われている。