This is a shrine located in Nihonbashi, and dedicated to safe child birth. I loved the design of the shrine, simple wood and gold, very pretty. There were lots of families and pregnant women there, presumably praying for safe delivery.
Closed and hidden by mount of building, Suitengu Shrine is famous for people requesting good healths and mostly to be pregnant. My wife got a problem in the foetus, and really needs help. That's why we moved to this place making a wish. Hope it's gonna help. Many japanese citizen said that many mother got results after making a wish in that temple.
As far as a can remember, this shrine is dedicated to safe child birth. Therefore you will see many couples there without child praying for a safe birth and couples with newborns or toddlers thanking for a safe birth. -- If you take pictures pictures, please be respectful and discrete to the families, they are not part of a tourist attraction.
The Shrine is one of the seven lucky shrines of Nihonbashi area that is dedicted to one of the 7 deities of fortune. Visiting alle the seven shrines is like a scavenger hunt, because the other six are very tiny.
In April 2018 the wood of the shrine looked very new. It will turn darker with time. Therefore the actual look will fade with time.
Lots to learn and enjoyed the tour, it’s small but the place was maintained really well. If you go to big places then you can skip this one.
I’ve heard a lot about the shrine but never been there. Just next to the metro ground exit, but you have to walk the other side around to get to the entrance. Unlike other typical Shinto shrines, very modern and surrounded by concrete, the temple itself seems to have been newly built. You see on the left side a kappa statue, a famous mystical creature who lives in the river and has a plate on the head always needs to be wet and dies if it’s dry out. You can pour some water with a ladle. Very funny.
