I really enjoyed this chapter and all the references :) I feel the TL notes though shouldn't have just covered shrine visits but mentioned WHY the Washinomiya shrine is an otaku pilgrimage (most people wont go to check a website) -
The Washinomiya shrine is the shrine Kagami's family run in Lucky star - (And she & Tsukasa sometimes help out at as shrine maidens).
P.s coincidentally the author of my favourite lucky star fanfic talks about this shrine is his notes last chapter - they really do have tons of otaku go there - they even have prayers from Kagami & Tsukasa as though they really worked there :)
He even managed to find Kagami's house number lol if you want to see it in street view! The shrine is right next door.
Adding to this.
The Suwa Grand Shrine is a real life shrine and like the Washinomiya shrine, a pilgrimage for otaku, specifically Touhou fans. ZUN used this shrine as the basis for the Moriya Shrine in Touhou 10 - Mountain of Faith. The gods residing in the Moriya Shrine, Yasaka Kanako and Moriya Suwako, have roots towards the shrine as well.
Kanako might be named after Princess Yasakatome, one of the gods of the Suwa Grand Shrine while Suwako might be named after the shrine itself.
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