My name is Gunnella Thorgeirsdottir and I am an Icelandic folklorist (民族学者). I am doing research on customs regarding childbirth in Japanese culture. Unfortunately my written Japanese is not very good but I can quite happily speak Japanese. I will be in Tokyo now for month for my research, and during my stay I was hoping to go to witness myamairi (お宮参り). I would be very thankful to anyone who might be able to tell me what Shrines are more popular for myamairi. Also, if anyone here would be willing to let me interview them that would be amazing. I can go anywhere within the Tokyo / Yokohama / Chiba area and the interview would probably take around an hour.
I will be going to Suitengu shrine on Inu no hi to see the obiiwai (帯祝い) , if anyone here knows of other shrines that would be good to visit please let me know.
My e-mail address is gunnella@yahoo.com and my phone number is my phone 09098131031.
Thank you so much for your patience and your help,