Katchaman’s Amazing JAPAN guide at Nara Power Spot (Sacred Place) “Sai Jinja Shrine in Summer [夏の狹井神社・奈良県]”

August 15, 2008 - 7:04 pm by katchaman in Culture  

Sai Jinja is the place to worship Omiwa Aramitama. They say that this god is to decrease illness. We can enter Mount Miwa from Sai Jinja. ( Entrance Fee 300 yen, No photo and eating) I climbed Mt. Miwa [Miwasan]. Very very peacefull! I felt so good at the top of Mt. Miwa! It took 90 [...]

Katchaman’s Amazing JAPAN guide at Nara Power Spot (Sacred Place) “Oomiwa Jinaja Miwa-myojin in Summer [夏の大神神社・奈良県]”

- 6:37 pm by katchaman in Culture  

I can recommend Oomiwa Jinja [Miwa-myojin] as the best of shrines in Japan.

　
　
According to official website, since the reign of Sujin Tenno the tenth Imperial generation (about 2,000 years ago), the worshipping of this shrine has become popularized unusually, and moreover, since the middle age it has been worshipped as the Top Shrine (Ichi-no-miya) of [...]

Katchaman’s Amazing JAPAN guide at Nara Power Spot (Sacred Place) “Hibara Jinja Shrine in Summer [夏の桧原神社・奈良県]”

- 5:46 pm by katchaman in Culture  

There is a amazing Torii(Gate) in Hibara Jinja [桧原神社].  It is a Miwa Torii[三輪鳥居].
I felt that here is very sacred place. Hibara Jinja is one of  Omiwa Jinja’s  sesshas [摂社].
[Access]  30 minutes walk from Miwa Station on the JR Line. Or, 30 minutes walk from Miwamyojin Sando-guchi bus stop, which can be reached using the [...]

Katchaman’s Amazing JAPAN guide at Nara Power Spot (Sacred Place) “Tenkawa Jinja - Tenkawa Daibenzaitensha in Summer[夏の天河大辨財天社・奈良県]

- 5:15 pm by katchaman in Culture, Travel  

I can recommend Daibenzaitensha as a sacred place in Japan.
Tenkawa-dai-benzaiten-sha is located in the center of Japan’s spiritual heartland, the Kii Mountain range, this shrine is filled with sacred energy emanating from the dense forest on the holy mountain Omine-san with No admittance to woman. Since the shrine’s principal object of worship, sheltered at the [...]

Katchaman’s Amazing JAPAN guide at Nara Power Spot (Sacred Place) “Hibara Jinja Shrine [桧原神社]”

March 31, 2008 - 10:53 am by katchaman in Others  

 There is a amazing Torii(Gate) in Hibara Jinja [桧原神社].  It is a Miwa Torii[三輪鳥居].
Miwa torii[三輪鳥居] is also called mitsutorii[三鳥居] or sankou torii[三光鳥居]. An entrance gate to a Shinto shrine comprised of three sections. The center section is a typical *myoujin torii[明神鳥居] except the pillars have no inward incline *uchikorobi[内転]. A smaller gate called wakitorii[脇鳥居] is [...]

Katchaman’s Amazing JAPAN guide at Nara Power Spot (Sacred Place) “Genpian [玄賓庵（げんぴあん）]”

- 10:09 am by katchaman in Culture, Travel  

It is said that Genpi(Buddhist monk) had been in the Heian Period here.
Fudo myoo is enshrined here. Fudo is the Buddhist divinity of wisdom and fire. He is the principal deity of the Myō-ō, or great kings. Fudo is often called upon for protection during dangerous times.

 February 25 2008
Genpian [玄賓庵（げんぴあん）]
[Address] Chihara 377, Sakurai-shi, NARA
[Tel] 0744-42-6447
[Access]  [...]

Katchaman’s Amazing JAPAN guide at Nara Power Spot (Sacred Place) “Yamanobe No Michi [山之辺の道]”

March 30, 2008 - 4:44 pm by katchaman in Others  

Yamanobe No Michi [山之辺の道] is Japan’s Oldest Road! According to the Source of “The Tenri municipal government”, there are beautiful mountains ranging east of the Nara Basin. At the bottom of them lies an ancient road from Heijo (Nara city) through Isonokamifuru to Miwa and Kanaya. This road is the oldest road on record in [...]

Katchaman’s Amazing JAPAN guide at Nara Power Spot (Sacred Place) “Sai Jinja Shrine[狹井神社]”

- 4:25 pm by katchaman in Culture, Travel  

 Sai Jinja is the place to worship Omiwa Aramitama. They say that this god is to decrease illness.
We can enter Mount Miwa from Sai Jinja. ( Entrance Fee 300 yen, No photo and eating)  Sai Jinja [狹井神社] is located next to Omiwa Jinja [大神神社].

February 25 2008 
Sai Jinja Shrine [狹井神社]
[Access] 15 minutes walk from Miwa Station [...]

Katchaman’s Amazing JAPAN guide at Nara Power Spot (Sacred Place) “Omiwa No Mori [大美和の杜]”

- 3:38 pm by katchaman in Others  

In this place near Omiwa jinja, we can have a wonderful view of Mount Miminashi, Mount Unebi and Mount Kagu from Omiwa No Mori [大美和の杜].  It is amazing!

February 25 2008   
Omiwa No Mori [大美和の杜]
[Access] 15 minutes walk from Miwa Station on the JR Line. Or, 15 minutes walk from Miwamyojin Sando-guchi bus stop, which can be [...]

Katchaman’s Amazing JAPAN guide at Nara Power Spot (Sacred Place) “Omiwa Jinja Shrine[大神神社　三輪山]”

- 2:16 pm by katchaman in Others, Travel  

 As the whole of Mount Miwa, which stands directly behind the shrine, is the object of worship, the shrine has no main hall, the place where a deity is usually enshrined. The outer shrine was reconstructed in the Edo Period by Tokugawa Ietsuna.
Omononushi-no-kami, who is enshrined at this Mount Miwa the object mountain of worship, [...]