Surprisingly fun!

I was surprised that there were bunch of places to take photos and kill some time. To make things better, they have stands for you to place your phone and take a photo. Although the stand is placed a little further than you probably want, but you get wide shot of the background (which is I guess you want).

Most impressive was this big tree that is in the middle of the area. Not the biggest tree I have seen, especially since I come from Canada, but big for Japan. There is a cafe and a place to buy some food, so you can definitely hang out here for a bit. You can probably kill an hour here, but can spend a little more if you decide to hang out at the cafe.

They have parking and I didn't pay for anything, but I did have to wait since it is not a big parking area. I was told to go to the third parking area, but it wasn't far from the shrine.