Report #1

This photo was taken as spring was turning to summer and shows the Hakurei Shrine grounds. There are few leaves to sweep around this time of year, but the shrine maiden in charge of cleaning the grounds works all year round. The structure in the center is the worship hall.

"Excerpt from R's report:

""This place is identical to Hakurei Shrine. But this one still seems to accept donations and is being properly maintained, so even though the structure is the same, maybe it's a different shrine. The atmosphere here is different, too. The torii is right behind where this photo was taken from, facing East."""

"Excerpt from M's report:

""Coming here in the day isn't particularly scary. It's totally different to coming at night. But even in daylight, there was a spine-chilling atmosphere as I climbed the long path from the foot of the mountain up to the shrine... Climbing all that way is bad enough, but with that atmosphere, surely no one visits this shrine."""

"Excerpt from R's report:

""I can see a living space back there. I wonder if the shrine's priest lives here. Then again, it could be a shrine maiden... Either way, I wonder where they are. It's a difficult journey to the nearest shops, so I bet they've got pretty strong legs. They could even be out foraging for food on the mountain I see in the distance."""

"Excerpt from M's report:

""Wow, what adorable komainu! I'm sure they'll protect me. One's got its mouth open, and the other's got its mouth closed. They're called the ""a"" komainu and the ""un"" komainu respectively, representing the first and last sounds of the Japanese phonetic writing system. This means they encapsulate all the possible sounds. It's like A and Z in English, or α and Ω in Greek."""