Jomine Shrine is thought by some Touhou fans to potentially be the shrine that served as the basis for Hakurei Shrine. For the full details, read Gensokyo Is A Place On Earth?
”I've just been lurking but I've been to that shrine back in November (2023). I do believe it's read as Jomine though, but don't quote me on that.
Two more pics here (I suck at compression so I couldn't make a collage): https://files.catbox.moe/9lbifo.rar
Two things that might interest you guys:
-My GPS actually stopped working there, despite the fact that area wasn't particularily isolated, high up or anything (it's a very small path up, and the road is, were it not up a very small "hill", like less than a 100 steps from the torii. As to why I checked my phone, see the next point
-More importantly, as someone who had been NEETing it up since 2020, my ankles and just feet in general were in actual great pain due to going on essentially 3 hikes during my visit (2 that day), the path up to the shrine was small, but I could barely walk by the time I even reached it, and I do mean barely.
After offering some money, giving a quick greeting (I don't actually wish for stuff when visiting shrine, I look up who the god enshrined is and just give my greetings, I didn't find what Jomine had though, I do think it's a mix of amaterasu and an agregation of gods? I forgot) so I just thought "to whichever god this concerns[...]", and after giving them a little listen to Reimu's theme because why not, I did wish (but not really as I didn't like asking for anything) if they could lift the pain until I walked back to the station, which was a good 3km away (a small distance to most, but a deadly one to me at that moment. I also had to catch the last train of the day, so no slacking)
Moment I got up, all pain in my ankle was gone and I made it to the station just fine with no pain at all, even made it all the way back to the hotel in Suwa before the pain starting coming back. I can't really put it to me resting at the shrine since I only stayed there a good 20 minutes, standing the entire time besides when playing Reimu's theme, which I know from previous rest on the way there would not be enough to make the pain completely go away.
What was nice is that the bottles featured on my pictures were actually full, looks like they were going to enjoy that later... ”
