Sobre este lugar: Rocas Meoto-iwa
Meoto Iwa («rocas de la pareja casada») son dos rocas de distintos tamaños ante el santuario Futami Okitama. Unidas por una cuerda sagrada, simbolizan la armonía matrimonial. Solo cerca del solsticio de verano el sol sale entre ellas: una toma codiciada.
Aspectos destacados
- Meoto Iwa — Otoiwa (male, 9 m) and Meiwa (female, 4 m), symbol of marital harmony, with the shimenawa replaced in three annual rituals
- Sunrise around the solstice — only May through July does the sun rise between the two rocks; clear-sky odds peak in early June
- Mt. Fuji on the horizon — on rare days, Mt. Fuji's silhouette appears 200 km away; conditions align only briefly between the winter solstice and February
- Futami Okitama Shrine — enshrines Sarutahiko-no-Okami, the purification site visited before pilgrimage to Ise Jingu, with frog statues («buji kaeru,» a homophone for «return safely»)
- Futami Bay coast — an ancient ritual purification site and a mandatory stop on the Meiji-era Ise pilgrimage route, with white-sand shoreline
