Local shrines in Japan "Komainu"
I live in Osaka. I like to go to a shrine. I see that there is Komainu in a shrine when I went to a shrine.(
when I went to a shrine I saw there was a komainu) Komainu is maybe looked at like a dog or a lion. Occasionally it also
happens that
its appearance is no
t like a dog or
a lion. For example a fox. Wth kanji it is "狛犬". Almost all Komainu is one set in two of them. One side of Komainu is opened a mouth, and
the other side of Komainu is
a closed mouth. It is placed
at befor a building called "ha i de n". "ha i de n" is a place
where bowing, ring a bell as grab a rope and shake, throw a coin, and so on.