{"id":400,"date":"2025-06-01T15:05:45","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T15:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/misoroku.org\/?p=400"},"modified":"2026-04-20T15:36:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T15:36:44","slug":"the-divine-rabbit-appears-a-real-life-bitrabbit-at-sanroku-bitto-shrine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/misoroku.org\/index.php\/2025\/06\/01\/the-divine-rabbit-appears-a-real-life-bitrabbit-at-sanroku-bitto-shrine\/","title":{"rendered":"The Divine Rabbit Appears: A Real-Life BitRabbit at Sanroku-Bitto Shrine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yesterday, an extraordinary visitor appeared outside our computer museum, home of the sacred&nbsp;Sanroku Bitto Shrine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A wild rabbit.  Yes\u2014a real-life BitRabbit had manifested in our physical realm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It appeared to be an&nbsp;<strong>Eastern Cottontail<\/strong>, identifiable by its round frame and distinctive white tail.<br>Interestingly, this species is&nbsp;<strong>not native to Washington State<\/strong>\u2014it was introduced in the 19th century and has since established itself in suburban landscapes.<br>But its presence here, of all places, feels far from coincidental.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Surely, this wasn\u2019t just a stray rabbit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ever since we enshrined Misoroku-no-Mikoto, the atmosphere within the museum has held a quiet, otherworldly stillness. But we never expected one of the 36 divine BitRabbits, guardians of 36-bit computation, to&nbsp;<strong>materialize in reality<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/misoroku.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/A2F49451-53A6-4041-B0DE-73AB46804278-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-402\" style=\"width:411px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/misoroku.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/A2F49451-53A6-4041-B0DE-73AB46804278-1.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/misoroku.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/A2F49451-53A6-4041-B0DE-73AB46804278-1-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/misoroku.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/A2F49451-53A6-4041-B0DE-73AB46804278-1-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/misoroku.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/A2F49451-53A6-4041-B0DE-73AB46804278-1-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/misoroku.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/A2F49451-53A6-4041-B0DE-73AB46804278-1-100x100.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>This plump, poised bunny appeared from beneath a mossy shrub, quietly resting on a patch of grass sprinkled with tiny purple flowers. The rabbit\u2019s alert yet serene presence radiated something almost sacred, as though it were calmly tuning in to signals from the divine processor of the universe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83c\udf3f The setting\u2014a wild garden, low gnarled branches, and the distant hum of computational relics inside\u2014felt like the ideal stage for a modern-day myth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the mythology of Sanroku Bitto Shrine, the BitRabbits are the beloved attendants of the deity Misoroku-no-Mikoto, the protective spirit of 36-bit computing.<br>They usually exist in icon form\u2014on amulets, figurines, or pixel art. Rarely, they visit in dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But this time, one came through as a&nbsp;<strong>wild rabbit in the real world<\/strong>.<br>Coincidence? Maybe.<br>Or perhaps\u2026 the shrine is becoming a&nbsp;<strong>link port to the computational spirit realm<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This moment reminded us that myths aren\u2019t just inherited\u2014they\u2019re lived.<br>Maybe it\u2019s time to create a small&nbsp;<strong>BitRabbit Trail<\/strong>&nbsp;outside the museum. A place where divine rabbits can visit, where history meets mystery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the saying goes:<br><strong>&#8220;Where a rabbit walks, a divine circuit flows.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/misoroku.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/FD85C956-236D-46AB-9D2E-B9ED869B7BD8.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-403\" style=\"width:413px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/misoroku.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/FD85C956-236D-46AB-9D2E-B9ED869B7BD8.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/misoroku.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/FD85C956-236D-46AB-9D2E-B9ED869B7BD8-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/misoroku.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/FD85C956-236D-46AB-9D2E-B9ED869B7BD8-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/misoroku.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/FD85C956-236D-46AB-9D2E-B9ED869B7BD8-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/misoroku.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/FD85C956-236D-46AB-9D2E-B9ED869B7BD8-100x100.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, an extraordinary visitor appeared outside our computer museum, home of the sacred&nbsp;Sanroku Bitto Shrine. A wild rabbit. Yes\u2014a real-life BitRabbit had manifested in our physical realm. It appeared to be an&nbsp;Eastern Cottontail, identifiable by its round frame and distinctive white tail.Interestingly, this species is&nbsp;not native to Washington State\u2014it was introduced in the 19th century &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/misoroku.org\/index.php\/2025\/06\/01\/the-divine-rabbit-appears-a-real-life-bitrabbit-at-sanroku-bitto-shrine\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Divine Rabbit Appears: A Real-Life BitRabbit at Sanroku-Bitto Shrine&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"saved_in_kubio":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/misoroku.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/misoroku.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/misoroku.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/misoroku.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/misoroku.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=400"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/misoroku.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":406,"href":"https:\/\/misoroku.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400\/revisions\/406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/misoroku.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/misoroku.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/misoroku.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}