拝殿前の狛犬は胸を張って力強く吠えている感じです
Photo taken at Kanda shrine, Chiyoda city, Tokyo metropolis.
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拝殿前の狛犬は胸を張って力強く吠えている感じです
Photo taken at Kanda shrine, Chiyoda city, Tokyo metropolis.
随神門から境内を見ます。拝殿の後ろには近代的なビル。都会の神社であることがよくわかります。
Photo taken at Kanda shrine, Chiyoda city, Tokyo metropolis.
随神門は比較的最近塗り直されたのもあって、すごく色が鮮やか。
Photo taken at Kanda shrine, Chiyoda city, Tokyo metropolis.
東京に出かける用事があったので、空き時間に御茶ノ水周辺を撮り歩き。最初は神田明神。
Photo taken at Kanda shrine, Chiyoda city, Tokyo metropolis.
This is the Shikitsumatsunomiya Okuninushi Jinja (Shrine). It is famous for the good fortune you would get with a money charm called Tanesen. The shrine is also popular as a spiritual place for marriage due to an old tale of Okuninushi. His shrine is being guarded by mice. The pair of stone-carved guardians, often decorated with fresh camellias behind their ears, act as the gatekeepers of the shrine that is believed to house the god of matchmaking.
The ancient story goes that the god of marriage, Okuninushi, fell in love with a Princess in another world. But another god, Susanoo, became jealous and tried to trap Okuninushi in a fire. A plucky mouse helped him to escape and finally he and the Princess could marry.
One mouse holds a scroll symbolic of academic learning, while the other hoists a big sake bottle said to represent fertility and longevity.
This is the Shikitsumatsunomiya Okuninushi Jinja (Shrine). It is famous for the good fortune you would get with a money charm called Tanesen. The shrine is also popular as a spiritual place for marriage due to an old tale of Okuninushi. His shrine is being guarded by mice. The pair of stone-carved guardians, often decorated with fresh camellias behind their ears, act as the gatekeepers of the shrine that is believed to house the god of matchmaking.
The ancient story goes that the god of marriage, Okuninushi, fell in love with a Princess in another world. But another god, Susanoo, became jealous and tried to trap Okuninushi in a fire. A plucky mouse helped him to escape and finally he and the Princess could marry.
One mouse holds a scroll symbolic of academic learning, while the other hoists a big sake bottle said to represent fertility and longevity.
This is the Shikitsumatsunomiya Okuninushi Jinja (Shrine). It is famous for the good fortune you would get with a money charm called Tanesen. The shrine is also popular as a spiritual place for marriage due to an old tale of Okuninushi. His shrine is being guarded by mice. The pair of stone-carved guardians, often decorated with fresh camellias behind their ears, act as the gatekeepers of the shrine that is believed to house the god of matchmaking.
The ancient story goes that the god of marriage, Okuninushi, fell in love with a Princess in another world. But another god, Susanoo, became jealous and tried to trap Okuninushi in a fire. A plucky mouse helped him to escape and finally he and the Princess could marry.
One mouse holds a scroll symbolic of academic learning, while the other hoists a big sake bottle said to represent fertility and longevity.
This is a statue of Kizu Kansuka, a civil engineer for the Kizu Kansuka, early Edo period. When hunger threatened the townspeople, Kansuka broke in warehouses for food. He was exiled but his memory is held in high esteem.
This is the Shikitsumatsunomiya Okuninushi Jinja (Shrine). It is famous for the good fortune you would get with a money charm called Tanesen. The shrine is also popular as a spiritual place for marriage due to an old tale of Okuninushi. His shrine is being guarded by mice. The pair of stone-carved guardians, often decorated with fresh camellias behind their ears, act as the gatekeepers of the shrine that is believed to house the god of matchmaking.
The ancient story goes that the god of marriage, Okuninushi, fell in love with a Princess in another world. But another god, Susanoo, became jealous and tried to trap Okuninushi in a fire. A plucky mouse helped him to escape and finally he and the Princess could marry.
One mouse holds a scroll symbolic of academic learning, while the other hoists a big sake bottle said to represent fertility and longevity.
Along the approach to the Izumo Taisha Grand Shrine is a statue of Okuninushi. Izumo used to be ruled by a powerful clan in pre-historic times, and the region plays a central role in Japan's creation mythology. The main deity (kami) enshrined at Izumo Taisha is Okuninushi no Okami. According to the creation myths, Okuninushi was the creator of the land of Japan and the ruler of Izumo. He also became known as the deity of good relationships and marriage. Visitors consequently clap their hands four times instead of the usual two times during their prayers: twice for themselves and twice for their actual or desired partners.
It is believed that once every year, from the 10th to the 17th day of the 10th lunar month (falls usually in November), Shinto's eight million deities from across the land gather at Izumo Taisha for a meeting. Many festivals in Izumo celebrate the arrival and departure of kami. This tradition is taken very seriously by the locals. During these days the inhabitants refrain from making too much noise to avoid disturbing them. The deities live in the jukusha, buildings with many doors which are only open when they are present.
スタバで休憩。11月に入ったら日本はクリスマスシーズンだからねえ。
@Starbucks Coffee Izumo Oyashiro, Izumo city, Shimane pref. （島根県出雲市 スターバックスコヒー出雲大社店）
出雲大社神楽殿の大注連縄。名物ですね。
@Izumo Oyashiro, Izumo city, Shimane pref. （島根県出雲市 出雲大社）
気持ちがいいくらいの青空に、映える日の丸。
@Izumo Oyashiro, Izumo city, Shimane pref. （島根県出雲市 出雲大社）
因幡の白うさぎ伝説の残る山陰。出雲大社にも石像がいっぱいありました。
@Izumo Oyashiro, Izumo city, Shimane pref. （島根県出雲市 出雲大社）
山陰地方を旅してきたのでその写真を色々と。まずは出雲大社の拝殿。しめ縄でっかい。
@Izumo Oyashiro, Izumo city, Shimane pref. （島根県出雲市 出雲大社）
こちらは大黒天。
@Jakkoin temple, Inuyama city, Aichi pref. （愛知県犬山市 寂光院）
Statues of rabbits are fairly ubiquitous in Izumo, thanks to one from from the nearby Oki islands who features in the well known story from Japanese mythology of Okuninushi and the rabbit.
More rabbits in the grounds of Izumo Taisha, thanks to the myth about one from the Oki Isands who had an unfortunate encounter with a shark, but was rescued by a god called Okuninushi.
At Shintō shrines people buy decorative wooden plaques to write their prayers or wishes on and tie them to designated spots. Because Kanda Shrine is so close to Akihabara, they offer many ema decorated in anime/manga style.
