Ike Jinja Shrine (池神社) in Shimokitayama (下北山村), Nara Prefecture: dedicated especially to rites for rainfall, allegedly founded by the ascetic En no Gyōja (役行者) according to the shrine’s own signboard, and enshrining the goddess Ichikishima Hime no Mikoto (市杵嶋姫命)
(Photo taken December 11, 1994)









