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The images of the four gods are on these lanterns. These lanterns were offered to the shrine for the victory of the Russo-Japanese War in 1905. There are 145 hanging lanterns on the shrine grounds.

“In old times, an open sea was regarded as a bad omen,” said Mr. Miyasaka, 74, whose shrine’s traditional stone gate and tile-roofed wooden buildings stand about a mile from the lakeshore.

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