[Tokyo] Suitengu Shrine, a shrine for safe childbirth

●Name Suitengu ●Access 2-4-1 Kakigaracho, Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 🚃1 minute walk from Suitengu Station 🚗Located on the first floor of the shrine grounds ●Points Prayer spot for safe childbirth The main Suitengu shrine is in Kurume, Fukuoka It seems that during the Edo period, a branch shrine was established in Tokyo so that people could visit the shrine in Tokyo as well Dogs have long been considered symbols of safe childbirth and fertility Inspired by this, it is said that if you visit Suitengu Shrine, which enshrines the god of safe childbirth, on the "Day of the Dog" in the calendar, your childbirth will be easier The Day of the Dog comes around once every 12th of the month There is also a statue of the "Child-Treasure Dog" in the shrine grounds Benzaiten, one of the Seven Lucky Gods of Nihonbashi, is enshrined in the Suitengu shrine grounds #Eastern Japan