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The main shrine building stands inside a cave just out of shot, guarded by the shrine gates, or torii. (© Ōsaka Hiroshi)
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The shrine precincts attract a steady stream of parents who come here to pray for safe birth and health for their children as they grow up. (© Ōsaka Hiroshi)
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Looking out to sea from the cave. (© Ōsaka Hiroshi)
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The strange-shaped rocks and boulders in front of the honden. In the center is the “turtle rock,” marked off by the shimenawa rope as a sacred spot. (© Ōsaka Hiroshi)
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The tradition of throwing “fortune stones” in place of the coins that are tossed into donation boxes in Shintō shrines only dates back as far as the middle of the twentieth century. (© Ōsaka Hiroshi)
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Visitors to the shrine attempt to land small “fortune stones” in a hole approximately 60 centimeters wide some 12 meters away from the cliff. (© Ōsaka Hiroshi)
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