Kishō Jinja (Weather Shrine)

Kishō Jinja, or the Weather Shrine, is distinguished by the unique wooden votive tablets hanging near its altar that are shaped like geta, the traditional Japanese wooden sandals. While most shrines feature rectangular wooden plaques, visitors here write their wishes on these sandal-shaped boards because of an old children's game used to forecast the day. By tradition, if a child kicked off a geta and it landed with the sole facing down, the weather would be fair, but an upside-down landing predicted rain.