Thursday, August 30, 2012

A Walk around Nezu Jinja / 根津神社の散歩



And now for my main walk.  This is the entrance to Nezu Jinja.

さて、散歩のメインの目的地、根津神社。ここは入り口です、



Torii to Nezu Jinja / 根津神社の鳥居




Most likely the mikoshi storage buildings / 多分神輿の倉




A bit of history about Nezu Jinja.  

Here is bit more information for you temple and shrine enthusiasts.



I can tell you that the shrine was built in 1706.



No, this is not the main shrine.  

これは本殿ではありません。




Do you see the turtles on the rocks in the foreground?

前の岩に亀たちがみえますか?











Shinkyo / 神橋



Sakuramon / 桜門
















Karamon / 唐問




Honden / 本殿







Seido Toro (Seido-style Japanese lantern) / 青銅灯篭



Komainu / 狛犬



Entrance to Otomo Inari Jinja / 乙女稲荷神社の入り口




That's a lot of torii / 鳥居がどの位あるかね







How far does this continue? / どこまでつづくか?









Otome Inari Jinja / 乙女稲荷神社

















Komagome Inari Jinja / 駒込稲荷神社











Lazy turtle catching a ride on a carp? / 怠けの亀が鯉におんぶ?



I really liked this area.  Unfortunately, it seems I missed taking a picture of one more item of interest - the "Bungo Ikoi no Ishi", a rock where writers such as Natsume Soseki and Ogai Mori were said to have sit and thought of ideas for their novels.

個人的この辺りは好きですね。残念ながら、もうひとつの有名な場所の写真を撮り忘れました。それは“文豪憩いの石”。夏目礎石や森鴎外がこの石に座って、いろんのアイディアを考えたと言われてる。



1 comment:

Rurousha said...

Nezu in general and this shrine in particular are firm favourites.

I've sat on that rock! Haven't written a novel yet, though. :p