The Kirin part of her song "Kaze no Kirin" is a mystical Chinese creature whose appearance signifies a good omen.
Looking up above the entrance, you can see carving of a number of animals, including elephants, dragons, and the mythical Chinese flying creature the “Qi-Lin”（麒麟）, which has a head like a dragon, and the body of a winged horse.
thought to have been based on many creatures and mythological deities, mainly the Chinese and Japanese Qilin, or "Kirin", an Eastern mythical creature that has traits of eastern dragons, deer, unicorns, big cats, and other beasts.
A man's body is found under the statue of a winged kirin in the Nihombashi area of Tokyo.
The zouyu sightings were mentioned by contemporaneous authors as good omens, along with the Yellow River running clear and the delivery of a qilin (i.e., an African giraffe) by a Bengal delegation that arrived to China aboard Zheng He's fleet.