The way home

 Until reaching the shrine, I had been walking east from my apartment so to get home, I decided to walk north to the next big road and then follow it west until I reached the Shinkansen tracks where I would turn south. Along the way I passed, some sort of women's center or hospital, exactly what it was was not clear. This statue was in the parking lot.

 On the corner where I turned to the west, there was this large, almost windowless building. The sign said that it was a dentist's office.

A little further on, I saw these 'tigers' holding up advertizing signs. I could not see the text on the signs so I did not find out what they were trying to sell.