Photo of a stone statue of a large sheep and lamb sitting on the ground at Hitsuji Shrine in Nagoya. There are wreaths of twisted rice straw with tassels around the sheeps’ necks.
Photo of four small sheep figurines in different styles sitting next to the donation box at Hitsuji Shrine in Nagoya.
Photo of a seated ram carving at Hitsuji Shrine in Nagoya.
A photo of a pilgrim seal stamp (goshuin) with the name of Hitsuji Shrine on it. The paper is yellow, with a pattern of fall leaves: maple and ginkgo. There is a photo of the shrine’s sheep statue in the bottom right corner.
Shrinemaxxing in Nagoya 😆 Is this… #ShrineSunday? 🦋
The theme is animal shrines!
First is: Sheep 🐏
Hitsuji Jinja 羊神社 is supposedly one of only two sheep shrines in all of Japan! (the other is in Gunma Pref according to the priest).