Shinto Jinja

Set on a quiet suburban street this unprepossessing complex houses a traditional Shinto shrine. The entrance, marked by a pair of large scarlet torii, offers access to a beautifully serene grove decorated with occasional paper hangings and small statues of animal spirits. In the heart of the copse stands the shrine itself, within whose confines lies the sacred inner sanctum. In front of the shrine is a small stone well which visitors may use to purify themselves, while to one side stands an austere wooden house which would appear to be a residence of some sort. Toward the rear of the plot is what appears to be a small pool fed by a natural hot spring (though given Colonial Bay's geological setting such a thing would be quite extraordinary).