Hello again after a long time. I’m still live, even if I don’t have many experiences that I can blog. Here in Japan the autumn begins, too, but that just means that it’s slightly cooling down and the humidity drops. Cooler means down to 26°C. The last weekend it had only rained so that it was still somewhat cooler and in the night to today was the tropical storm Talim was also active in Shizuoka. He also deserved the name storm and Shizuoka was only in the margins. Because of this, more than 600 flights were canceled and sections of the railways were blocked. Today it was radiant sunshine with temperatures up to 33°C…..
This time I visited a shrine again. I will not present here each of the innumerable shrines I find, only the great / important ones or if I find the shrine itself remarkable.
Today it was the Shizuoka Sengen Shrine, a cooperation shrine for 3 shrines.
The main god (Kami) of the Kambe Jinja Shrine is Ohnamuchi no Mikoto, which is according to legend the founding god of the Suruga province. In the Sengen Jinja is Konohanasakuya hime revered, the goddess of Mount Fuji. She is also regarded as an avatar of Japanese life. Kami in the Ohtoshimioya shrine is Ohtoshimioya no Mikoto, which is a goddess protecting the markets and trade.
Now again just a few pictures.
Parts of the shrine are also on the mountain behind, so some heights have to be overcome. And you are probably warned against wild boars.
Behind the last shrine, you will find a mountain trail over the mountain. I have not explored this today, because it was too warm for me and I did not have enough to drink or eat with me. After all, I only planned a short trip to the shrine. But another time.
I also found red Lycoris. I like them so much, back in Germany I have to try to plant them.
Above is also an old hilltop. Hill graves in Japan are very old because the tradition was not carried away any longer. So they have nothing to do with the “typical” Japanese tradition that we Europeans always think. The grave here is from about 600 BC. Chr.
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