futami

Updated: July 1, 2026

It is estimated that at least half a million pilgrims repair annually to the Temple of Ise, but the educated class seldom visits the place, perhaps not more than once in a lifetime. We then drove eight miles to Futami, a seaside resort with a pretty Japanese tea-house fronting the water. Here is a peculiar formation of rock called "The Husband and Wife Rocks," connected by a chain.

Ellen Mary Hayes Peck - Travels in the Far East