It was a romantic place. The shrine is known to bless people looking for love and those who have already found it. The shrine itself is very old and beautiful. You wash your hands at the water tank with the stone dragon, immediately after entering the gate of the shrine. Then, you offer your your prayers at the shrine by clapping twice and bowing twice. You can buy beautiful omamori at the shrine's shop, attend the fuurin (wind chime) festival if you're there at the right time and also buy an ema - a block of wood to write down your prayers and tie it up in the path way of ema, made for the purpose.

It's a little way out of Tokyo, but it's worth a visit for the shrine itself and also for the edo town in Kawagoe, close to the shrine.

Don't forget to reach Kawagoe in the morning and buy a one day tourist bus pass at the train station to travel around Kawagoe with a cheap, one time payment (there's enough to see for a day). They'll even give you a map of all the places to visit and bus details to go around.