Yesterday, Mr.Zzz, Yoshi and I went to Suitengu, a Shinto shrine famous for expectant mothers/couples/families to go pray for the safe delivery of their child. We chose yesterday because it was the Dog’s Day of Chinese Zodiac; usually, dogs have many puppies, so it is said to be a lucky day for praying. There were much less visitors there, perhaps less than 30 %, compared to when we went there for Yoshi on the weekend. Yet, we had to stand in a long line more than ten minutes. Thanks to the comparably warm and nice weather, it was easy to wait outside the building. I listened to and prayed with the priest’s Shinto chant magic in the temple with other 47 women for about five minutes, then received a lucky charm as a souvenir.
Lunch after that was something memorable. We tried “Tamahide,” an old established restaurant famous for its Oyakodon, a bowl of rice topped with chicken and eggs. Three of us fully amused ourselves on this special occasion.
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