
A shrine maiden at Ikuta-jinja in Kōbe, Japan.

A shrine maiden at Ikuta-jinja in Kōbe, Japan.

A pair of windows on the rear wall of Ikuta-jinja, in Kōbe, Japan.

A Shinto priest performs a ceremony at Ikuta-jinja in Kōbe, Japan.

One of the oldest Shinto shrines, the founding of Ikuta-jinja is linked with the beginnings of Kōbe, Japan.