Toyotamahime Shrine, Ureshino

After visiting Zuiko-ji, we went to a nearby spot, Toyotamehime-jinja (豊玉姫神社) Shinto shrine. The shrine is famous for its catfish statue who is an errand of Toyotama-hime, the daughter of Watatsumi, a god of the sea.

There are two ways to go to the shrine; either from the main entrance in front of the Taisho-ya Ryokan hotel or the back entrance on the roadside. If you're from the hot spring town, you walk down the shopping street and find the stone torii gate in front of the hotel. There's a bilingual sign that shows the way to get the catfish temple. It is very helpful for us.

Crossing the Saga Prefectural Road 303, you'll see the second torii.

Now we're going down a narrow path to the main shrine.

Finally we came to the shrine. We prey for the family of health and welfare.

The statue of catfish in front of the main shrine.

 This is the one that makes you beautiful.

I looked back on the main street from the shrine.