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Ooi Shrine (大井神社) in Shimada City (2): Ooi Ebisu Shrine (大井恵比寿神社)
Ooi Shrine (大井神社) in Shimada City within walking distance from Shimada JR station north exit is actually a group of shrines more or less dedicated to the Ooi River, a major river in Japan that...
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Kura: Traditional Japanese Warehouse in Shizuoka Prefecture 22: Shimada City,...
“Kura” (in Japanese 蔵 or 倉) means “warehouse” or “Storehouse”. In traditional Japan, especially during the Edo Era, as most of buildings and urba/village structures were made of wood, fires were the...
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Shirahige Shrine (白髭神社) in Kamiashiarai, Shizuoka City
“Shirahige/白髭/White Beard2, probably a dedication to great age is name found everywhere for a shinto shrine in Japan! The (new) torii gate! This fairly old on eis located in Shiuzoka City, Aoi Ku,...
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Hachiman Shrine (八幡神社) in Kawaguchi, Shimada City!
If you board a bus on the Ikumi Line/伊久身線 in Shimada City and go down at a bus stop called Yama Ie/山家, walk across the bridge and you will find this shrine on your right at the next crossroads!...
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Ooi Uami Shrine (大井鵜網神社）in Shimada City!
I was walking down along the Ikumi River in the north east of Shimada City when I found this small shrine just beside Uami bus stop. I couldn’t find its name mentioned until I met a grand lady almost...
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Floating Shinto Shrine in Shimada City!
If you ride along the Ikumi Line/伊久身線 in Shimada City you will discover a small new shnto shrine near the Dai Ichi Shogakou/第一小学校 bus stop! You can’t miss it as it is located near a cemetery amenities...
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Sonsha Ooi Shrine (村社大井神社) & Sui Shrine (水神社) in Shimada City!
If you take the Ikumi Line/伊久身線 in Shimada City you will notice a torii gate at the foot of a long stone stairway next to Mukaiaisuimon/向合水門 bus stop. At first I had surmised it was the location of a...
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Kura: Traditional Japanese Warehouse in Shizuoka Prefecture 23: Hon Tori,...
“Kura” (in Japanese 蔵 or 倉) means “warehouse” or “Storehouse”. In traditional Japan, especially during the Edo Era, as most of buildings and urban/village structures were made of wood, fires were the...
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Monjyu Yashiro (文殊社神社) & Atago (愛宕神社) Shrines in Sakurabashi Chyo in Shimizu...
If you board the Shizutetsu railway Line from Cenova department Store in Aoi Ku, shizuoka City towards Shimizu Ku, get off at Sakurabashi (桜橋駅) Station and walk above and across the Railway Line on...
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Kikkawa Hachiman (吉川八幡神社) Shrine in Kitsunegasaki Chyo in Shimizu Ku,...
If you board the Shizutetsu railway Line from Cenova department Store in Aoi Ku, shizuoka City towards Shimizu Ku, get off at Kitsunegazaki (狐ヶ崎) Station and walk above and across the Railway Line on...
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