The Rice Shrine

Ok, I would have posted pictures of this place, but blogspot was down and I am no longer in my room to upload them. I will do so later, anyway about a 30 minute walk a way from the school there is a shrine, while I've taken pictures of other shrines especially at the last bus trip this one is nothing like them. First of all, it stands alone on a hill, in the middle of the rice fields. There are no shrines around it, and almost no people.

If there was any time I would believe in a supernatural presnece, this would definitely have to be it. The first time I went to this place was at night...it was very scary and very ovewhelming, quite a few people that I talked to have agreed with this evaluation. Last time I went there, while I was taking pictures, a wind started blowing "into" the shrine...could shrines be positioned in such a way so that the wind blows into them? I don't know, but I decided not to try its patience. My pictures are only of the entrance, I did not dare taking pictures of the inside. I will try to use words to describe the place.

You can see it in the pictures, there are two gates that you go through, after the gates you reach the hill with the stairs going up. Once you reach the hill, this is where the actual shrine is, one thing to keep in mind is that there is no building here to enter, it is outside. The entrance is guarded by two stone lions, anyone entering will be starred by both of them very directly. There is a walk way forward towards, with pillars at each side. If one hasn't been in as shrine, its hard to describe the end of the walkway, its sort of a "house" that you bow to, to pray.