Tuesday, July 6, 2021

The Lonely Shrine

When I was out for a walk, I came across this well-kept shrine near the river. I didn't see any signs or name that I could read for it. When I got home, I looked up the location on google maps and there was no name.  I guess it is the lonely shrine.






8 comments:

kiwikid said...

It is an interesting looking building, could it be a private shrine a family have built?

Vireya said...

Finding places like this must make your walks feel like explorations of the unknown.

SUWA said...

The name of shrine is written on the torii.Torii is the entrance gate of shrine.It′s “Suijinja”水神社(God of water). Probably almost people in Shimizu know the shrine.I think that there is the shrine near the river or sea.
Enjoy your walking!

Lin said...

How intriguing! Were the no other people around? Looks like and interesting place to explore. xx

Queeniepatch said...

As SUWA said, you can read the name of a shrine on the tori gate. By googling the name Suijjinja I found this blog post.
https://plaza.rakuten.co.jp/fantashun/diary/201405190000/
There seems to be a lot of information. Use your translating tool and read about this lone shrine.
The metal 'gate' structure in front of the stone gate suggest that they hang lanterns there when there is a festival.
I also suspect that the modern structure behind the shrine is for storing things used for festivals.
According to the blog June 14 and 15 seems to be important dates, maybe for a festival or some kind of event.
Now you have to go back to explore more!

roughterrain crane said...

The architecture is excellent. I would like to visit there.

Leonore Winterer said...

I love all these small shrines in Japan. There are so many of them!

Jeanie said...

Lonely, but quite well tended. It doesn't seem forgotten at all.