Japanese ladies and the Sugamo Togenuki Jizo (巣鴨とげ抜き地蔵)

巣鴨とげ抜き地蔵

Sugamo (巣鴨) is famous for being the old ladies’ Harajuku. However, when I captured this image of the well known and popular statue which cures ailments, it was young ladies looking for a little supernatural help.

Posted on December 21st, 2011 under Japan • Tags: buddhist, people, sugamo, Tokyo. • RSS 2.0 feed • Both comments and pings are currently closed

2 Responses to “Japanese ladies and the Sugamo Togenuki Jizo (巣鴨とげ抜き地蔵)”

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   Julie H.:
   December 21st, 2011 at 3:30 pm

   Maybe to cure their aching feet?

   One of the more human things I saw after the quake was a young woman bravely climbing up the stairs at Hamamatsucho Station, her shoes half off. Kind of nice to see someone admit these high heel shoes do hurt.

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   acase:
   December 21st, 2011 at 3:35 pm

   Good point, Julie.

   The way this jizo works is you touch the area on it that you want fixed on you. It looks like they were going for a face or shoulder ailment.