It is called "Flower Worship" to visit and pray at the Shrine decorated with flowers in summer. We visited Suwa Shrine in Sapporo on that day. Historically, the shrines in Japan have play the role of community centers in each region. The functions were damaged by the General Headquarters that occupied Japan after World War Ⅱ.
But we have not lost our original traditional mindset and culture. Suwa Shrine is near Suwa Lake in Nagano Prefecture. The local deity was worshipped in Suwa Shrine. Takeminakata no Kami arrived
in Lake Suwa after defeated by the God who came to Japan after the first goup of deities.
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