Futarayama Shrine

At Futaarayama Shrine, several young couples arrived with babies and were escorted into the shrine, even though a sign read no admittance. We guessed that the babies were being brought for a blessing.

Of course, we had to eat gyoza in the city where these steamed or fried dumplings are famous. We ordered, or tried to order, pork dumplings at a little gyoza shop. An Indian man offered to help us. We discovered he had visited ARI four times! The gyoza tasted wonderful and we ordered more!