People bring jizo buddhist statues to the small shrine from all over Japan to pray for sick children.

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Nashinoki Jizo shrine on the Japanese island of Sado is home to tens of thousands of Jizo statuettes. The Buddhist deity Jizo is guardian of children, particularly ill children and aborted, stillborn or miscarried fetuses.

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Size: 5050px × 3360px
Location: Sado island, Niigata Prefecture, Japan
Photo credit: © TONY MCNICOL / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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