Showing posts with label Shrine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shrine. Show all posts
Saturday, March 9, 2024
Kumano Shrine Yoshii
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
Shrines of Day 67
For many pilgrims, I believe the main priority is to get from temple to temple. The temples are the focus. For me, however, the temples were just reference points on an exploratory walk. The sites between the temples were just as important, and I tried to stop in at every single shrine I passed, both to learn any interesting local history and myths, and to find unique and interesting art.
I visited nearby temple number 74, Tozenji before heading on up the valley. In Tabarucho I stopped in at Norito Shrine. A little further I saw the unusual shimenawa of Yodohime Shrine.
Continuing to climb my next stop was Kamiari Shrine.
I carried on down the valley and just before reaching Yoshii Station and the train back into Sasebo I stopped in at a very small shrine. I have no idea of the shrines name as I couldnt read the eroded kanji on the torii, and can not find it on the map, but it did have a nice pair of komainu.
Sunday, March 3, 2024
Yodohime Shrine Shimenawa & Yamodo Festival
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Kifune Shrine Amagasaki
Saturday, February 24, 2024
From Kirime Oji to Tsui Oji along the Kumano Kodo Kiiji
Behind the port I passed through a torii and up a small path to the site of the former Tsui Oji.
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
The Forest at Oyamazumi Shrine in Sechibaru
Called Tsuburajii in Japanese, the dead wood of the Japanese Chinquapin is one of the best hosts for shiitake mushrooms and is actually the origin of the word shiitake itself. a combination of the Japanese kanji for tsuburajii(椎) and take (mushroom)(茸).
Labels:
chinquapin,
komainu,
kyushu108,
nagasaki,
natural monument,
oyamazumi,
Shrine
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