What is the little road shrine where Satsuki and Mei took refuge from the rain?
In Japanese Buddhism, there is a tradition of building small shrines by the side of the road. These are often erected as a memorial to a child who died, and the figure is that of Ojizou-sama, a sort of patron deity of children in Buddhism. Satsuki and Mei put their hands together, bow, and ask the Ojizou-sama for permission to stay there till the rain stops. Also, when Mei is lost, she sits down next to a row of Ojizou-sama statues: that is Miyazaki’s way of telling the audience that Mei is safe, for she is being watched over by these deities.
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