Friday, March 9, 2012

A Walk around Kanda Myojin (Part 3) / 神田明神 (パート3)

More points of interest to check out at Kanda Myojin.

神田明神でまだまだ堪能するものがいっぱい。


Water Basin (apparently built in 1805) / 水盤 (文化2年に作れられたらし)



Mizuno Toshikata Kensho Monument / 水野年方顕彰碑

Toshikata Mizuno was a Japanese artist (1866-1908) who painted in a modified form of the ukiyo-e style.

江戸時代末期から明治時代にかけて活躍した浮世絵師。



The tomb of Toshikata Mizuno / 水野年方顕彰碑 一墓




Birthplace of the study of the Japanese language / 国学発祥の地

国学[こくがく]は、古事記[こじき]や日本書記(にほんしょき)などの古典の研究を通じて、日本古来の道を説く学問です。(from a website)




Zenigata Heiji Monument (created by the writer Kodo Nomura) / 銭型平時の峰 (作者野村胡堂の名作“銭形平次捕物控”の主人公



The above was displayed at Kodo Nomura's previous resident / 野村古堂の居地に飾れれていた燈籠



And slightly apart from the main temple grounds in a small park, I came across this old-style building called the "Kanda House".

神田明神のメインエリアからちょっと離れた所で小さな公園があって、そこに神田の家を発見




Kanda House / 神田の家



March also happens to be the month of the Hina Matsuri, so I was lucky to see the Kanda House diplay their hina dolls.

3月と言えばひな祭りの時期。ちょうどう神田の家に行ったら、ひな人形が飾られてました。














I liked the little frogs I found around Kanda House as well.

神田の家に見つかった蛙も可愛いなと思いました。







The garden in front of Kanda House / 神田の家の前にある庭







View of Kanda House from Kanda Myojin's Roof Garden / 神田明神の屋上庭園から眺める神田の家

I took a few pictures of the roof garden as well but there weren't that many flowers in bloom so I decided not to add them to this post.

屋上庭園に写真が撮りましたが、咲いてる花があんまりなくて、ここ載せるの辞めました。


For more information on Kanda House check out their site (in either English or Japanese) at:

http://kandanoie.com/




Back to the main temple grounds / 神田明神に戻って







Saishiden & Exhibition Hall / 祭祀殿・資料館




Houren Mikoshi Houanden (portable shrine storage building) / 鳳輦神輿奉安殿




And what's that in the background?  It's the Tokyo Sky Tree!

後ろに写ってるのは何? あっ、東京スカイツリーだ!






I noticed on the ema (prayer boards) that most of the wishes were related to drawing and animation.  Why, I do not know.

神田明神の絵馬のほとんどがアニメかイラスト関係。なぜなんだろ?



Leaving Kanda Myojin (but continuing my walk) / 神田明神から離れでも散歩はまだ続く


Here is the URL for Kanda Myojin (unfortunately, the site is only in Japanese):

1 comment:

Rurousha said...

Tokyo Sky Tree! (^0^)

I'm happy to see Kanda House is finished. Last time I was there, it was still a bit of a wreck.

Maybe so many ema refer to manga/anime due to nearby Akihabara? Or all the manga publishing houses in nearby Jinbocho? I always though Kanda Myojin was a businessman's shrine, where you go (specifically over New Year) to pray for luck in business.