Ichi-no-torii at the entrance of the shrine. |
A tiger-shaped Komainu statue. I wonder why they called Kosodate (子育て) which is meant to smooth child rearing, but there's nothing found for childbirth!
The spring of water. It is a common water basin for purity, but having said that it is good for a pregnant woman to drink this water.
Now we're going down a narrow path to the shrine.
Finally we came here. There are two main halls in the shrine, the main one (一宮 Ichinomiya), enshrining Empress Jingu, the wife of Emperor Chuai, is on the right, and the secondary shrine (二宮 Ninomiya) dedicated to Fujiwara no Hirotsugu (藤原広嗣) is in the front end.
I found a monument of the Tale of Genji in front of the main shrine.
The sacred tree of the shrine. I was so surprised that camphor tree looks like a big pregnant belly!