August 15, 2008 - 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 [...]
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 [...]
- 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] [...]
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 [...]
- 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 [...]
