Suiten-gu Shrine from Nihombashi is devoted to Suijin (or Suiten), a kami of water, and to God of safe childbirth and blessing of pregnancy. The Shrine is also devoted to another deity of water, Benzaiten, one of the The Seven Gods of Fortune.
In front of the Shrine, a special statue drawn my attention. The statue represents a “Dog Deity", and it is said that it gives easy childbirth to the pregnant women who are rubbing it.
As you can see from the photo, the heads are shiny from rubbing. To be honest, the statues are so cute that it’s hard to resist… :)
