This photo was taken as spring was turning to summer and shows the Moriya Shrine grounds. Moriya Shrine appears far more cheerful than Hakurei Shrine, and is clearly very well maintained. The building stood proudly in the center is presumably the worship hall.

Excerpt from R's report: "This shrine isn't at all similar to Hakurei Shrine. I never thought I'd find something like this on the mountain. But it would've been a real struggle to get here without that mysteriously powered aerial tramway. I saw a steep path at the foot of the mountain, but surely only trainee Buddhist monks use it. Actually, no. Buddhist monks have no business coming to a shrine. Hmm... What was the name for shrine trainees, again?"

Excerpt from M's report: "What an awesome shimenawa! It's huge, so the god enshrined here has gotta be super powerful. After all, shimenawa are used to bind gods so they can't escape, right?"

Excerpt from R's report: "If you build a worship hall with a mountain at its back, does that make the mountain the main shrine? In that case, does the god of the shrine live in the mountain, or is the mountain itself the god? ...Meh, I suppose that sort of stuff has all changed through the ages. Do you believe in something because you can't see it, or do you need to give it some kind of visible form to believe in it? That question always comes up in conversations about gods..."

Excerpt from M's report: "...Huh? There's a komainu here, too! It looks just like the one I saw at the shrine that reminded me of Hakurei Shrine. (Komainu always come in pairs, I guess.) Actually, they don't just look similar―they look identical... The two shrines can't possibly be connected, though. What's going on here?"