One Sunday afternoon at the end of July we decided to head to the nearby town of KOTOHIRA to see an ancient shrine called KOMPIRA-SAN. This shrine is for the spiritual guardian of seafarers and is a challenge to reach especially if you have a 10 KILO baby to carry. They say there are 1,000 STEPS to get to the main shrine. This is a photo of just the beginning!
In the middle of the stairs is Auntie Goober on the left in the white t-shirt & brown pants, then Zack is next to her in the blue striped-shirt and Hos is in the red t-shirt on the right. We all took turns LUGGING Holden!
Here is a photo of the O-MON where the shrine grounds begin. This wasn't the end of the stairs though!
Zack is on the left, then Hos, Julie (aka "Auntie Goober"), Holden, and Andrea on the right at the entrance to the shrine. Along the way, Hos found a DOG statue! I think it was to guard the Treasure House, but I'm not sure. It made Hos' day!
Hos said this photo was so his family & friends back home could see they have DOG STATUES here in Japan. So this is for all of Hos' FANS!
A few more flights of stairs and we reached the ASAHI-NO-YASHIRO, Sunshine Shrine.
Here is Julie, Holden, Hos Zack & Andrea (left to right). Don't look too close, by now we were all sweaty from the CLIMB. We still weren't to the top yet!
Finally, up some of the steepest and tallest stairs yet, we reached to main shrine HON-GU. Here Julie & Hos are in front of the main building. In the back to the right you can see the taiko drum. As we were climbing the last flight of stairs one of the priests was hitting it and Hos wondered if we were getting ATTACKED! Good thing we weren't, after all those stairs none of us could have escaped!
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