Towards the end of my first days walk across and around Kunisaki the valley narrowed and the road started to climb towards the middle of the cone shaped peninsula.
Like all the shrines I had visited that day on my walk from Usa Hachimangu, the shrine had a golden Gingko tree in its grounds, though no Nio.
This small shrine was called Itsukushima-Gu, and is therfore a branch of the famous Itsukushima Shrine on Miyajima near Hiroshima, enshrining one of the 3 Munakata goddesses connected to travel between Kyushu and the Korean Peninsula.
There was no signboard nor anyone around so I couldnt find any more information, though there was a small Inari shrine and several what I presumed were aragami shrines.
What is noticeable to me is the difference between shrines in different areas of Japan. In some places, like here in Kunisaki, there is a palpable sense of ancient mystery, though I continue to define what exactly that means :)
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“What is noticeable to me is the difference between shrines in different areas of Japan.”
ReplyDeleteThrough your images and notes this matter has been for me a fascinating discovery
Thank you very much