Once you leave the Ikuta no Mori (Ikuta Forest) at Ikuta Shrine in Tokyo, you begin to make your way towards nearly two dozen vermilion gates that take you to another shrine protected by two kitsune (foxes). This area is known as Kusunoki Shrine at Read More …
We continue our visit at one of the oldest Shinto shrines in Japan, Ikuta Shrine. Also the location of the Battle of Ichi-no-Tani in which the Taira clan used the narrow strip between the sea of the south and mountains of the north. The location Read More …
We continue our visit at one of the oldest Shinto shrines in Japan, Ikuta Shrine. To the left of Ikuta Shrine’s main hall is the Ikuta pond. Walking west, you will go to a pond area where you can find many koi fish, ducks and Read More …
As you approach Ikuta Shrine, you start to notice the shrine for its beauty but for me, it was interesting seeing the painting of dog. This may pertain to last year being the year of the dog but I found that interesting to see. Also, Read More …
As I continue to feature Ikuta Shrine, located in the Chuo Ward of Kobe and is what may be one of the oldest shrines located in Japan, in the last two blog posts, I discussed entering the first two “torii” gates. After the second torii, Read More …
As I continue to feature Ikuta Shrine, located in the Chuo Ward of Kobe and is what may be one of the oldest shrines located in Japan, in the last blog post I wrote about going through the first torii (gate). Now we are heading Read More …
Located in the Chuo Ward of Kobe is what may be one of the oldest shrines located in Japan. Ikuta Shrine is a Shinto shrine which was founded by the Empress Jingu at the beginning of the 3rd century AD to enshrine the kami Read More …