Today, I attended the Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine Monthly Festival. It is a rim musubi wind chime. 🎐

It is a thatched circle of Kawagoe Kumano Shrine.

Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture Ikuta Shrine

Ikuta Shrine. Marriage Water Lottery. I was so fascinated by the scenery immersed in water that I hurriedly pulled up.

Today, it's the Great Exorcism of Xia Yue. It is a thatched circle of Kawagoe Hachimangu.

The sacred tree that protects Kobe This photo was taken at Ikuta Shrine in the city of Kobe. Tucked away in the hustle and bustle of the city, this place was like a different world, and the sacred tree that hung there gave me a sense of mysterious power.

A summer tradition praying for protection from misfortune✨ This is Taisai Shrine in Miyoshi-machi, Miyoshi City. It is a seven-minute walk from the Miyoshi Mononoke Museum. The shrine grounds, where the solemn main hall and centuries-old trees harmonize, cleanse the heart. Known as the setting for the manga Asagiri no Miko, which features a miko as the protagonist, the shrine is beloved by many fans. At the roughly 400-year-old Ring Passing Festival, worshippers pass through a large straw ring to pray for good health and freedom from illness, a traditional ritual still carefully preserved today. It takes place exactly halfway through the year, every June 30th. Also known as the Yukata Opening, people in yukata gather to decorate early summer memories. Wrapped in a cool breeze, why not spend a time at Taisai Shrine feeling nature and tradition✨ ／The 400-year-old traditional Ring Passing Festival is held／ The festival will take place at Taisai Shrine from the evening of Monday, June 30th. For details about the Ring Passing Festival, please check Taisai Shrine’s Instagram🔍 Taisai Shrine 📍1112-2 Miyoshi-machi, Miyoshi City, Hiroshima Prefecture 🚙About 12 minutes from Miyoshi IC on the Chugoku Expressway Priest and miko are not always on site. Please check Taisai Shrine’s Instagram for the days when a priest is in residence.

Photographed on June 28, 25. Since the Enmusubi wind chime has begun, we Prayer the Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine. It is Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine around 6:30 in the morning.

Prayer to Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine early in the morning. Rim Musubi wind chimes have begun. Rim musubi wind chimes and contrails look auspicious. 🎐

Photographed on June 23, 25. This is the Ai sea bream lottery of Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine.

Photographed on June 21, 25. It is Kazaguruma in front of the Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine direct meeting hall.

Photographed on June 21, 25. This is Kazaguruma of Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine.

Torii (shrine gate) gate of Kamiso. Standing on a rock on the coast, one of the Torii (shrine gates) of Oarai Isosaki Shrine. A popular spot for sunrise photography.

Motonosumi Shrine The winding Gari approach to the temple leads to the top of the Quay with 123 vermilion Torii (shrine gates).

In Iyo City, Ehime Prefecture, for some reason, there are many historical sites and legends related to the era of the "Minamoto Hei War". Among them, today I would like to introduce "Yamabuki Shrine". Yamabuki Shrine is a small shrine located in the mountains of Nakayama Town, Iyo City, Ehime Prefecture. It is said that this shrine was built to mourn Yamabuki Gozen, who supported the warlord Kiso Yoshinaka who was active in the Battle of Kurikara Pass during the Battle of Minamoto Taira with Tomoe Gozen. Kiso Yoshinaka raised his martial order in the Battle of Minamoto Hei, but he was accused of rebellion and defeated by Minamoto no Yoritomo. At this time, Yamabuki Gozen was left in the capital of Kyoto due to illness. When Yamabuki Gozen learns of Kiso Yoshinaka's death, he falls to Iyo City, Ehime Prefecture, relying on the connection that Kiso Yoshinaka was Iyo Mori. Yamabuki Gozen, who landed in Kaminada, Sokai Town, Iyo City, was unable to walk on his own due to illness, and his vassals tried to cross the mountain by pulling him on bamboo sticks. The Slope in the Midori district of Sokai Town, Iyo City, is called "Hikizaka", the top of the mountain is called "Tsukitaku" because he hid himself with a shield and spent the night, and the place where Gozen is said to have died and changed to a death costume is called "Costume Change Place". Local people, naïve and kind-hearted, built a five-ring pagoda as a tomb to mourn the deceased. Furthermore, in 1892 (Meiji 25) (1892), Local volunteers commissioned Choshu carpenters, who had been skilled in erecting shrines and Temple in Ehime and Kochi, to build the Yamabuki Shrine in order to prevent the Tradition and the five-ring pagoda from being treated poorly. A small shrine that you might overlook when driving in a car. Both the shrine and the pagoda are covered with moss and stand quietly and quietly. The origin of Yamabuki Gozen is unknown, but there is a theory that she was a princess of a wealthy family in the Hajigawa region of Ozu City. At the time of her birth, she was called Yamabuki Gozen, the princess of Yamabuki, because there were many Yamabuki blooming in the garden. In addition, it is said that she was a stool woman (servant, meaning beautiful woman) of Kiso Yoshinaka, but there is also a theory that she was his wife. The life of a beautiful and strong female warrior who was tossed around by the turbulent world is still being told in various parts of Japan. *Yamabuki Shrine* Address: Sareiya, Nakayama-cho, Iyo-shi, Ehime Business hours: Free prayer Car parking lot: None * If you park on Car shoulder of the road, please be careful of Car passage.

Photographed on June 21, 25. This is Kazaguruma of Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine. From 6/28, the rim musubi wind chime will start.

Photographed on June 21, 25. It is the lantern and hydrangea of Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine.

Photographed on June 15, 25. It is a yo-yo lottery of Kawagoe Hachimangu. A new Squid lottery has also begun. 🍉

Photographed 6/16/25. It is Hanachozu of Kawagoe Hachimangu Shrine.

Photographed on June 15, 25. It is Hanachozu of Kawagoe Hachimangu Shrine.

Photographed on June 15, 25. It is Hanachozu of Kawagoe Hachimangu Shrine.

Sogouchi Shrine It is said that it was founded in the 22nd year of Emperor Kammu's reign (803) as the chief guardian of Kawanouchi. There are in front of the Torii (shrine gate), a sacred tree designated by the prefecture as a natural monument that is said to be more than 1,000 years old. (Height 11m, main street 6m.) ) In addition, there is a shrine office and a phrase monument that the haiku poet Matsune Toyojo stayed for a year and a half and named "Ichitata-an" and the four seasonal cherry blossoms that continue to bloom from autumn to Spring, which he named "Hundred Day Cherry Blossoms". There are also stunning stone walls and a large garden in the woods full of healing properties. Famous for its multiple species of mountain hydrangea that bloom in May and June, it is also called "Hydrangea no Mori". Location: 791-0321 4876 Kawanouchiko, Toon City Access: From Kawauchi Interchange, take National Route 11 towards Saijo and enter National Route 494.

Hello everyone! This is the Minami Town Tourism Association. During the rainy season, there were many sunny days, and the past week has been very hot. Here in Minami Town, the extremely hot days continued with a record of 30 degrees Celsius. In the coming season when you want to seek "coolness", we will introduce recommended Nature Spots! This is "Ebisu Cave"! Located about 1.5 kilometers north of the Ohama Coast and about 5 minutes by car, Ebisu Cave is a large sea erosion cave. As a result of the erosion of the interior of the Iwayama (rocky mountain) at an elevation of 52 Meters jutting out into the Pacific Ocean, a large semicircle with a diameter of 30 Meters and a depth of 40 Meters opened up. The cave is inhabited by the "Rock Swallow", which is designated as a "town bird" and is a town-designated natural monument. At the top of the Iwayama (rocky mountain)Observation decks and you can see the majestic Pacific Ocean, and beside it is the Ebisu-dong Shrine, which prays for the happiness of husband and wife. Ebisu Cave Splash of water flashily while emitting a Roaring Sound when the waves rush in. Please visit us in search of the "coolness" brought by Nature! !! * The road to the entrance of Ebisu Cave is narrow and Gari winding, so please pay attention to traffic when visiting. * The Promenade leading to Ebisu-dong is a steep staircase and slope, so please be careful of your feet.

Photographed on June 15, 25. This is the hydrangea in front of CAFE ANDON.

Photographed on June 15, 25. It was the Ennichi of Kawagoe Kumano Shrine's Zenarai Benten. In the Precincts, a song by the Renjaku Town Sparrow Association was performed.

📍Katori Shrine and Mt. Ariake in Azumino Katori Shrine stands quietly amid the rice fields of Azumino, with the graceful ridgeline of the Northern Alps stretching behind it. The mountain, shaped like Mt. Fuji, is Mt. Ariake, also called Shinano Fuji. Today, temperatures in Azumino rose nearly to a scorching summer level as the area soaked up strong sunlight. 📍Katori Shrine and Mt. Ariake in Azumino Katori Shrine sits in the heart of the countryside, with the beautiful ridgeline of the Northern Alps unfolding behind it. The mountain with a Fuji-like silhouette is Mt. Ariake, known as "Shinano Fuji." Today in Azumino the temperature climbed close to a heatwave level, and the landscape was bathed in summer sunlight.

Photographed on June 15, 25. It is a wind chime of the Kawagoe Hachimangu Shrine Office.

Tarumi Water Shrine 1-24-6 Taru Water cho, Suita-shi, Osaka The name of the shrine "Water" means "water streaming down from a cliff". The name of the shrine, "Taru-Water" means "Water falling stream off a cliff."Water The Precincts located at the southern end of the Senri Hills are topographically a place where spring water from the hills occurs. The Water God, whose seat is located here, has been worshipped as the god of Water since ancient times.

Shiyama Shrine "Wish-Setting Festival: Passing Through the Chino-wa (Ring of Miscanthus)" Friday, June 13, 2025, from 10:00 AM [Ritual] From 10:00 AM on Friday, June 13, 2025 [Chino-wa Crossing] From Friday the 13th until 4:00 PM on Sunday the 15th At Shiyama Shrine on the 13th, the Wish-Setting Festival and the Great Purification of Midsummer will take place. Anyone may attend the shrine ritual on the day. If you visit Shiyama Shrine 20 to 10 minutes before the ritual begins, you can receive a katashiro (paper human) for the katashiro ceremony. In the katashiro ceremony, write your name and age on the paper doll (hitokata), breathe on it and stroke it, transfer and cleanse half of this year’s sins and impurities, and pray for good health and a safe summer for the rest of the year. For vehicle katashiro, write the owner’s name and the vehicle number, stroke the vehicle body or key to cleanse impurities and misfortune, and pray for safe driving. When you leave the katashiro at Shiyama Shrine, prayers for good health and traffic safety will be offered at the Wish-Setting Festival. From the 13th until 4:00 PM on the 15th, the Chino-wa Crossing will be held. Pass through the large ring made of kaya (miscanthus) leaves to cleanse the sins and impurities of the past six months, and pray for health and safety for the remaining six months—this traditional event is part of the midsummer Great Purification observed at many shrines across the country at the year’s midpoint. Shiyama Shrine 818 Oshima, Arao City, Kumamoto Prefecture 864-0057 Phone: 0968-62-1390 A 15-minute walk from Arao Station on the JR Kagoshima Main Line

Photographed 6/16/25. It is a kazaguruma in front of the Otorii Gate of Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine.