Gero Onsen Hometown Visit the Frog God🐸

#MarchGoodPlaces2025 #Gero I stumbled upon this shrine while walking around Gero Onsen. From Gero Station, it's about a 10-minute walk. The shrine is hidden in the alley next to Gero Onsen Street. This shrine is based on the theme of "Kaeru"—— In Japanese, "かえる" means "frog" and also means "come back, return", which symbolizes the return of lovers, safe return, and the arrival of money. As long as you come here to worship, you will have a chance to make your wish come true❤️ The entire shrine is full of frog elements, from the frog statues at the entrance of the shrine, to the painted horses, to the amulets and fortune-telling poems, all of which are extremely cute little frogs. I personally like their "Frog Ema" very much. It is so cute and has a very visual impact when hung on the wall! A little surprise: When you put in a coin to pray, a recording will be played randomly to tell you: your wish will come true! Then it says "Gero Gero", which is the Japanese word for frog calls, allowing the frog god to interact with you. It's a very cute design!