Awashima Jinja, the doll shrine (淡嶋神社) 淡嶋神社

About 20,000 donated dolls fill the shrine: every 3 March some of them go out to sea.

Shrine in Kada, a coastal area of Wakayama and the departure point for ferries to Tomogashima. According to tradition, its founding goes back to a move from the nearby island in the time of Emperor Nintoku. It holds weapons and armour from the Kamakura period as Important Cultural Properties.

Wakayama

Kada

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