Given the fact that for ordinary people, who were main users of sento at that time, taking a trip to 'visit' temples and shrines in various regions in Japan such as 'a pilgrimage to Ise,' 'pilgrimage to Konpirasan,' 'pilgrimage to Nikko Tosho-gu Shrine,' etc., was the original purpose of visiting temples and was also an event or entertainment, shrine-shaped sento also functioned as attractions, thus leading to the eventual tradition of 'temple visiting' in later, less eventful days.
当時の主な銭湯の利用客である市井の人々には「お伊勢参り」や「金毘羅山参り」、「日光東照宮参り」など日本各地の神社仏閣への「お参り」旅行は参詣本来の目的に加えてイベントであり娯楽であったことも鑑み、人々の平凡な日常にとって宮型造りの銭湯に足を運ぶことはいつかの「お参り」にいざなう魅力的な装置としても機能した。