Meoto Iwa
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Meoto Iwa, or Married Couple Rocks, are a kind of rock formation seen as religiously significant in Shinto. They are a subtype of Iwakura rock.
Meoto Iwa, the wedded rocks, daytime
Meoto Iwa, the wedded rocks, at dusk
No. 27 in the series Thirty-six views of Mount Fuji by Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858.
In Sado, Sado Island, Niigata Prefecture
Mie Prefecture
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Mie Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Mie Prefecture has a population of 1,781,948 and has a geographic area of 5,774 square kilometers. Mie Prefecture is bor
Meoto Iwa
…and the two rocks are near the Grand Shrine of Ise, the most important location of purification in Shinto. The couple rocks at Futami Okitama Shrine in Mie Prefecture Ise City have been known for a long time, as depicted by Ukiyo-e artist in the Edo period, and are generally used as a symbol and prayer for marital…
The pair of Meoto Iwa rocks off the coast of Ise city, Mie Prefecture during sunrise
Ise Shrine
Regional division of Mie as used by the Japan Meteorological Agency: The primary division is between North/Central and South, the former being further subdivided into North, Central and Iga, the latter into Ise-Shima and KiSei/East Kishū; Ise/Sei-shū, Shima/Shi-shū, Iga/I-shū and Kii/Ki-shū are the four Ritsuryō provinces that are partly or entirely part of modern Mie.
Mie coastline, near Toba