(Or entering --depending which way you are going), a big statue of Benten, the deity to which, as we have said before, the whole island is dedicated. Here, instead of her usual lute, she is holding a sword ala the Fudo Myoo we mentioned the other day.
(For a bigger version of this picture both in color and black and white, check my "Japan Arekore 2" set on Flickr).

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