From a tourist brochure that we recently picked up, we saw a shrine that seems to worship rabbit which looks interesting. As such, we took a bus from Nishiki Market to Marutamachi-dori avenue, in Okazaki district in the east of Kyoto, where the Rabbit Shrine is located.
Okazaki-jinja is a Shinto shrine built in the early Heian Period (794 - 1185) to ensure protection for the Emperor and the capital Heian-kyo. This old shrine is nowadays famous for its countless and cute rabbit statues, an animal symbol of fertility and safe childbirth.
Okazaki-jinja is one of the kawaii shrines of Kyoto that is visited for its cute aspects rather than for its historical significance.
The shrine is also nicknamed Usagi-jinja, which means "the rabbit’s shrine." So, it is quite naturally that bunnies are pictured everywhere and under various shapes throughout the shrine’s grounds.
It was drizzling when we left the shrine. As such we decided to take a taxi to our next destination, the famous Kiyomizu-dera Temple.
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