Above Tengunoyu is the Kishibojin
shrineAset up to protect the whole of Kita Onsen. @ |
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Kishibojin jinja. |
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Close up of the jinja. |
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The Kishibojin statue |
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Originally from India,Kishibojin
was known as |
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Close-up of the Kishibojin
statue, |
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Kishibojin now has two forms, |
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The
present replacement statue used to have horns and fangs,
but they were carved away by people wishing for a cure. |
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Votive tablets outside the jinja |
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put up by people wishing for children. |
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