Meoto Iwa or the Husband-and-Wife Rocks are a couple of small rocky stacks in the sea off Futami, Mie. They are joined by a shimenawa (a heavy rope of rice straw) and are considered sacred by worshippers at the neighbouring Okitama-jinja. In Shinto belief, the rocks represent the union of creator gods Izanagi and Izanami. The […]
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