Tokyo is an amazing city with a vibrant history that truly comes alive during its festivals. One of the highlights is the kanda matsuri, which takes place at the beautiful kanda myojin shrine. The lively mikoshi parade is filled with joy and cultural charm, making it a fantastic experience for everyone.

Photographed on July 3, 25. It is a Tanabata decoration of Tokyo Daijingu Shrine. 🎋

Photographed on July 3, 25. Tokyo Daijingu Shrine, Tanabata "Sparkling Hanachozu in the Sky". Until July 8th. Light up until 9 o'clock at night.

Photographed on July 3, 25. This is the Suzu Araragi wind chime of Tokyo Daijingu Shrine.

Photographed on July 3, 25. I had an And at Iidabashi, and before that, I Prayer at Tokyo Daijingu Shrine. The Tanabata decorations were stunning. 🎋 Precincts around half past seven in the morning.

Photographed on July 1, 25. This is the Ai sea bream lottery of Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine.

Photographed 6/29/25. It is a wind chime at the edge of Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine.

Nagaoka Tenmangu 2-15-13 Tenjin, Nagaokakyo-shi, Kyoto A shrine where the god of learning is enshrined. The road on the water, the stone bridge, and the road to the Precincts are fun. There is also a Ume Plum Garden, and it is a shrine with many highlights.

Photographed on July 1, 25. It is a wind chime at the edge of Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine.

A Tranquil Shrine Soothing You with the Cool Chime of Wind Bells At Sagi Shrine each summer we hold the “Wind Bell Festival.” 🎐 Wind Bell Festival 🎐 Event Period Friday, June 20, 2025 – Sunday, August 31, 2025 Around 500 wind bells line the grounds during the festival, offering vivid colors, refreshing tones, and the calming green of the shrine grounds. It’s also a hidden popular spot in Miyoshi City for Instagram-worthy photos. The grounds regularly host markets such as the “Saginoko-san Goenichi” market. (Check @saginokosan.goenichi on Instagram for event details!) Summer is just getting started. Why not visit Sagi Shrine to enjoy some cool relief? ⛩️ Sagi Shrine 📍1877 Tokaichi-machi, Miyoshi City, Hiroshima Prefecture 📞 0824-62-3343 📱 080-5363-3967

Photographed on July 1, 25. It is a wind chime at the edge of Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine.

Photographed 6/29/25. Among the more than 2,000 rim musubi wind chime, only one There are wind chime with red thread. Every day, the location changes. If you find it, you may find something good.

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. 🍉