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]”

August 15, 2008 - 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) “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) “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, [...]