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tokyoshrine · 2 years ago

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Nobody Knows About Aviation Shrine

When I first learned of the existence of this shrine, I thought, "This is so Tokyo! I felt that it was a very Tokyo-like shrine. But it was also meant to honor the souls of those who contributed to the aviation industry and were scattered in the sky, But it was also meant to enshrine the souls of those who had contributed to the aviation industry and had been scattered in the sky. It means to enshrine them in a place close to the sky.

It is a small god, but the number of enshrined is 6,367 pillars. We pray for their consolation, thanksgiving, and safety in the sky.

It is a sanctuary for those who do not know it because it is located in a building.

If you have to go to Shinbashi or near Uchisaiwaicho, please visit the sanctuary. There is also an aviation library in the same building, so if you like the "sky," it might be fun to take a peek there as well. Since it is an office building, it is closed during the year-end and New Year's holidays.

Click here for an introduction to the Aviation Shrine of the Japan Aviation Association. http://www.aero.or.jp/shrine/

Introduction to the neighborhood of Aviation Shrine. It is a sanctuary buried in a famous place. 4 minutes on foot Hibiya Park 6 min. on foot [Fujiwara Hidesato, who defeated Taira no Masakado, prayed for victory and dreamed of a white fox] Karasu-mori Shrine 6 minutes on foot Shimbashi Station West Exit Plaza (SL Plaza) 7 minutes on foot 【Salaryman's town, Shimbashi Machinaka Inari】 Zento Inari Daimyojin 10 minutes on foot [God of success in Ginza] Toyoiwa Inari Shrine 10 minutes on foot Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology 10 minutes on foot Toranomon Hills Mori Tower 11 minutes on foot to Toranomon Konpira Shrine (God of Sanuki) 12 minutes on foot 【Daimyo no Yashikami of Sendai Clan】Shimbashi Shiogama Shrine 12 minutes on foot from Hibiya Shrine 12 min. on foot 【Stone steps for success in life, meeting place of the Sakuradamon-gai no Hen】 Atago Shrine 17 minutes on foot to Tokyo Station 19 min. on foot to Shiba Daijingu Shrine (Ise Shrine) 20 minutes on foot to Fukishiro Inari Shrine (discovered in the Edo period) 20 min. walk from Zojoji Temple, the family temple of the Tokugawa Shoguns and a Buddhist temple where Ieyasu enshrined even on the battlefield. 22 minutes on foot National Diet Building 24 minutes on foot【Hie Shrine, the guardian deity of Edo starting from Edo clan】Hie Shrine 22 minutes on foot 【Birthplace of "Golden Nightshade" novelist, Momiji Ozaki】Shio Inari-taimeijin 22 minutes on foot to Shiba Toshogu Shrine, the shrine of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the god of victory and luck. 23 minutes on foot to Tokyo Tower, the symbol of Tokyo 23 minutes on foot to Saiwai Inari Shrine and Kasamori Shrine, which protect people from epidemics. 24 minutes on foot to Nishikubo Hachiman Shrine (Shrine recommended by Minamoto no Yorinobu, one of the "Four Heavenly Kings of Fujiwara no Michinaga") 25-minute walk from Maruyama Zuijin Inari Daimyojin Shrine (Inari shrine on top of an ancient burial mound) 26 minutes on foot【Name of a sword smith】Kukoku Shrine 26 minutes on foot【Inari shrine that came from the sea】Namiyoke Shrine 26 minutes on foot to Tsukiji Honganji Temple (Oriental architecture, sacred place of open Buddhism) 27 minutes on foot to Shinkoin Temple (Ryuoh of Golden Fortune and Otake-san, a saint of the Edo period) 27 minutes on foot【God of work luck in Hamamatsucho】Sanuki Inari Shrine and Kohaku Inari Shrine 29 minutes on foot【Settled at the Akabanebashi South intersection】Fushimi Sanbo Inari Shrine 29 minutes on foot to Otemon Gate of the Imperial Palace

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doktorzank · 5 years ago

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To Potato Country! #otemon #osaka #schoolbus #schulbus (hier: 追手門学院大学　Otemon Gakuin University) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3lqZAxoh78/?igshid=189s3ebh5n3bu

#otemon #osaka #schoolbus #schulbus

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nobu11051991 · 3 years ago

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Otemon gate of the imperial palace, 400 years travel at one glance !

Otemon gate of the imperial palace, 400 years travel at one glance ! I’m Nobu, I like traveling overseas and in Japan, visited 25 countries. I’ve got the license of the certificate English guide in Japan for 8 years. I show you hidden Japan which you have never seen and heard of! Otemon Gate Today I went to the East Gardens of the Imperial Palace through the Otemon Gate of the Imperial…

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#Imperial palace #otemon gate #Tokyo travel tips

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dummy-kanji · 6 years ago

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Okazaki Castle's Otemon Gate at Night por Rekishi no Tabi Por Flickr: Okazaki Castle was originally constructed as a wooden fort in 1455 by the shugo-dai (deputy military governor) of Mikawa, Saigō Tsugiyori ,on a different spot from where the current castle keep stands today. Eventually, Mikawa fell into the hands of the Matsudaira clan, and Ieyasu's grandfather, Matsudaira Kiyoyasu, rebuilt the castle in it's current location. After Ieyasu's father, Hirotada was killed, young Ieyasu became a hostage of the Imagawa clan and they took control of Okazaki Castle. After the battle of Okehazama in 1560, Ieyasu regained his freedom and possession of his family's castle until 1590, when Ieyasu was granted the 5 provinces of the Kanto region by Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Following Ieyasu's move to Edo, Okazaki was given in fief to Tanaka Yoshimasa, an ally of Hideyoshi. However, after the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate in 1603, the castle and 50,000 koku (unit of wealth measured in rice) domain of Okazaki was awarded to the Honda Yasushige, who was a direct retainer of the Tokugawa. The Honda clan held the castle for 44 years until it was handed to the Mizuno clan for a 117 year duration. After that, one of the Matsudaira clans held it for 8 years until the castle was again awarded it to the Honda clan, who held it for the remaining 102 years of the feudal system in Japan. Tanaka added the moats, established the castle town, and built a road with many turns in it for defensive purposes. Honda Yasushige extended the road, which became part of the Tōkaidō, and his successor, Yasunori, built the castle's 3 story tenshu (keep) and added a basement. When the feudal era officially came to an end in the 1870s, the Meiji government ordered the castle destroyed as it was a symbol of feudal power. However, in 1959, Okazaki Castle was reborn in the form of concrete.

#Okazaki Castle #Okazaki-jō #Okazaki #Aichi Prefecture #Tokugawa Ieyasu #Edo Period Japanese Castles #Japanese Castles #Japan #Edo Period Architecture #Old Tokaido Road #Old Tōkaidō Road #Okazaki-juko #Flashless Nighttime Photography #Okazaki Castle Otemon Gate

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aic-asian · 3 years ago

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Spring Evening at the Otemon Gate (Otemon no haru no yugure), Kawase Hasui, 1952, Art Institute of Chicago: Asian Art

Bruce Goff Archive, gift of Shin'enkan, Inc. Size: 39.6 x 26.5 cm (paper); 36.4 x 24.4 cm (block) Medium: Color woodblock print; oban

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/197281/

#museumarchive #kawasehasui #artinstituteofchicago #asianart

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kobikiyama · 4 years ago

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Otemon Gakuin University Academic-Ark

Mitsubishi Jisho Sekkei

#Architecture #concrete #Japan architecture #atmosphere

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asterinjapan · 5 years ago

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Another day, another castle

I mean, I could apologize for the implications of that title, but I wouldn’t mean it, so…

Anyway, good afternoon after a short but no less fun day! Since tomorrow will be very busy and I’ll be making the long trip to Tokyo the day after, I didn’t want to cram too much on my Friday. There was one thing pretty high up on my wishlist, but I’d heard a lot of walking was involved… then again, I’d say my feet have had enough practice now to put up with a shorter day of walking, haha.

And so, I had reserved a ticket last night on the Shiokaze train down for Marugame! And yeah, this is another long report. Sorry, me and castles…

Marugame is one of the first cities on Shikoku if you come onto the island via Okayama and the Seto Ohashi bridge. I had actually passed the station when I went to Matsuyama earlier this week, but since that was such a long trip, I couldn’t combine the two. Since Marugame is a good 40 minutes removed from Okayama, I could sleep a little longer in the morning. Or I could have, if I didn’t wake up at 4 AM, and then again at 6… I kept hearing tinny music, so loud I thought my phone or alarm was malfunctioning, but I think it must have been a neighbor in the hotel anyway. Either way, I was determined to at least rest until 8 AM, so I did just that, haha.

After a good breakfast, I made my way to the station to find the Shiokaze already waiting for me. I noticed all Shikoku bound trains have theme naming: Shiokaze means salty/sea winds, then you have the Marine Liner, and then there’s also the Nanpu (southerly winds) and Uzushio (whirling tides). Train names are very poetic in Japan, haha.

Anyway, the sea wind train brought me to Marugame, where the skies were also grey. I hurried from the station immediately to find the castle. It was super easy, basically one straight road ahead, and then – wham, the castle comes into view. The main keep is rather tiny, but it sits on top of Kameyama (turtle mountain) at 66 meters high, and the mountain has been covered in stone walls. So much so that you can be forgiven for comparing it to a pyramid, actually. These walls are imposing, wow. They’re one of the reasons this castle stands out. Another is that it is one of the twelve original main keeps still remaining, with both Matsuyama castles from this trip being other examples. The main keep is the smallest of the twelve, but these walls might actually be the highest in the country.

Anyway! Just as I made my way through the Otemon gate, it started to drizzle. I was taking out my umbrella already when I noticed the nearby information center also offering something fun, so I figured I’d go in first, if I was going to walk through the rain anyway.

You see, Marugame is famous for the uchiwa fans, and apparently produces about 90% of all uchiwa fans going around. They’re the type of round fans made from bamboo and flat paper, so not the fans you can fold back. And here in the information center, they were making them, still by hand – and for thousand yen, you too can make your own uchiwa fan! Obviously, that sounded like way too fun an opportunity to pass up on (and if you buy a fan, they’re usually around that price class anyway if you want one with a nice print). And so, I applied – and could get started right away!

The bamboo crosspiece was already prepared, so I got to pick the paper I wanted and get gluing. They asked if Japanese instructions were okay, so I said they were if they could speak a little slowly, and they were very accommodating and helpful. I suspect small children want to do this too, so they have some practice with uhm, my current levels of Japanese, haha, but I knew what I was doing now in Japanese! Once the paper was glued on and had to set, I was guided to the area where the crosspieces were created. I received a bamboo handle, and got to cut it into a crosspiece myself! This was kind of tricky, because the instruments are very right-hand oriented while I’m a lefty, but I got hands-on guidance, so I didn’t injure myself as I cut up the bamboo into tiny, tiny strips. After a lot of bending back and forth, the crosspiece was more or less done, and I got to pose for a picture with it after writing my name on it, haha.

My glued fan had dried by then, so I was given a hammer and a sickle to cut it into shape. That’s a good way to get any aggression out, by the way. You trim both the paper and the bamboo parts with the sickle, so you have to beat down that hammer hard. Almost done now! I got to choose a paper hemming and pasted it along the edge of the fan to smooth it and decorate it further, and topped it off with two small pieces at either end to keep them in place.

Now, since these fans aren’t the kind you just stick in your handbag, I got to leave it behind for now while I went on my way to the mountain top. I was given a map, a lot of generous instructions (they really are super kind patient here) and went out the door – to find the last drops of rain had just fallen, and it was dry now. Nice!

I had read warnings about the steep climb, but honestly, after Bitchu-Matsuyama castle and Onomichi these past few days, I was barely fazed, haha. Okay, in all fairness, these are some steep roads, but they’re not that long if you take the quickest route up, and there’s plenty of space in between as you go through the third and second bailey on the way up. There’s even a slope called Mikaeri zaka, which means ‘slope on which you look back’, which you definitely want to, because the view on the walls is great. And the views on the look-out points, oh wow! Of course, the castle was built in a strategic spot, overlooking the Seto Inland Sea. Supposedly Marugame is at the coast of the narrowest part of the sea, which means that no-one could sail here without being seen from the castle top. In the distance, I could spot the Seto Ohashi bridge, as well as the interestingly shaped mountain Iinoyama and tons of tiny islands dotting the sea. In fact, the weather was getting clearer and clearer as I moved up, giving me better views.

Once I’d made my way past the defenses, I had finally reached the main area with the keep – and the sun had come out! I couldn’t believe my luck as I got to take pictures of that sweet, white little castle against a blue sky, the sea in the background. Wow. I don’t know which deity here I have pleased what with the amazing weather I’ve had so far, but I have to find out to give them my offers, haha.

You can enter the keep for 200 yen, which, to be fair, is reasonable considering how small it is on the inside. There’s a small exhibition, with tiles featuring fans on display, and the second floor had pictures up of all twelve original keeps, of which I have seen seven now, haha. Actually, the first version of this castle only existed for a couple of years. It was dismantled in 1615, as a new rule stating only one castle per area was allowed, so nearby Takamatsu castle got to stay while Marugame had to go. After a small fief was granted, there was allowed to be a castle once more, and so, the castle was rebuilt in 1641. Most buildings burnt down over the centuries, but the main keep remains standing.

There’s also a stamp rally going on inside the castle, but you needed to have bought the 200 yen sheet for it back at the information center, which I missed. I’m still a bit sad, because if you collect the stamps in order, you basically created an ukiyo-e painting: layer of color over layer of color to produce a full color stamp of the castle. Lesson learnt for next time!

Since the weather was still nice enough despite the forecasted rain, I took the long way down to take in the sights, as the walk was lovely and quiet. It’s not a super touristic castle, at least not today, although I’m sure the weather and it being a weekday had something to do with that. Anyway, I came across a well at the second bailey, which is apparently 65 meters deep! And since it’s almost Halloween, there’s a creepy story attached to this well.

My pamphlet nicely narrates the story of Juzaburo Hasaka, the stonewall designer who worked very hard and had earned the nickname of ‘Juza the naked’, since he, eh, worked wearing only a loincloth. Thanks for that detail, pamphlet. Anyway, the lord was very impressed with his work, going “ha, now nobody can get over these walls unless they’re a bird!” To which our naked buddy replied: “oh, actually, you can totally climb them. Just give me some iron bars and I’ll demonstrate it, easy peasy.” And so he did, and the lord’s eyes probably all but popped out. (I mean, I know mine would – these walls are high.) Since he was so impressed, the lord then said to Juza: “dear upstanding and oh so naked gentleman, would you please go down this well to do research down there? For, you know, Reasons?” And Juza, ever the hard worker, went down into that 65 meter deep well. For, you know, research reasons.

And then our nice lord promptly threw rocks on him until he died so he couldn’t spill the secret of climbing the walls to the enemy. What a cute little intermezzo! Honestly, I peered down into the well, and that’s – deep and dark, wow. I’m so sorry, Juza the Naked Man. You did an amazing job on those walls, if that’s any consolation.

I’m surprised there isn’t a ghost story about him, but there is another one that my pamphlet also lists. My pamphlet is a little macabre, actually. Anyway, since we’re already at it to keep up the Halloween mood: apparently the construction workers were having a tough time on the castle, as it kept raining, so they were all but about to call it quits when a tofu peddler came by to sell his tofu. “Tofu, tofu!” He kept shouting. I mean, makes sense, construction is hard work, surely they’d want a bite. These workers seemed to hear something completely different than ‘tofu’, or maybe just really hated tofu, I don’t know. Either way, they heard ‘sacrifice me so that the rains will stop!’, which is a lot longer than tofu, but that’s – exactly what they did. They buried him alive as a human sacrifice to the castle, and it is said that on rainy days, you can still hear a muffled ‘tofu, tofu’ coming from what sounds like underneath. That poor guy, cursed to sell his tofu until the afterlife…

Well, it wasn’t rainy and I think the well was located in the area that was closed off for reconstructions (… or was it for reconstructions, hmmmmmm), so I didn’t hear him selling tofu, but I was getting hungry, so I made my way down, through some lovely forested areas filled with tiny butterflies, and crows, and HUGE spiders, and EVEN HUGER hornets, which I quickly ran far, far away from. They had warning signs up, and they were not exaggerating, help. I think I prefer the huge spiders, provided they eat the huge hornets.

Inside the gate I had come through was a small exhibition, so I sped through it (hey, it was free), and then I also came across the front gate of the lord’s residence and the guard house, the kabuto (helmet) rock, before I hit a dead end and finally returned to the information center.

Apparently they had gotten a bit worried I had forgotten about my fan, haha. Nope! Just me losing track of time when exploring castles! I watched as one of the ladies here expertly tied a string through my previously cut crosspiece, and then I got to keep that one too, so I can either stick my own paper on it back home or use it for decorations: they showed me an example of one put up against the wall with flowers pinned through, which does indeed look lovely, so I might just do that. They then realized I’d have to take them back home with me, so they rushed to get some cardboard and cut it to size, giving me some bands to keep it in place. They absolutely didn’t have to go through all that effort, but they absolutely went above and beyond here, wow.

So that was a really fun day, as you can tell by the length of this report despite it only being 2 PM now, haha. Still, that means I spent around 3 hours at the castle if you don’t count the time I spent on the fan, oops… Needless to say, I absolutely recommend this castle. Sure, the walk up is steep, but the short path really is just that, and there’s plenty of space to catch your breath in between. Dang, I really love the castles I’ve visited so far, plus their surroundings. Thank you castles of Japan for introducing me to lovely cities with lovely people! I got to speak a lot of Japanese today, since I stood out a little as a foreigner making a fan, so a group at the main keep asked me if I was indeed that girl, haha, and we chatted for a bit about my trip.

Anyway, I still hadn’t eaten, so I picked up lunch at the convenience store at the station and hopped on the Nanpu train with it. This one is just as fast and brought me back to Okayama, where skies were getting grey. I think I felt the first rain drops as I made my way to the hotel, so I am really lucky, whoa.

I’m gonna get an early night so that I’ll hopefully be well-rested tomorrow (I’ll wear ear plugs if I have to, stupid tinny music), since that will be a busy, busy day, but also very fun. And then it’s off to Tokyo already! Time really flies. I always look forward to Tokyo, although I’m not sure how many of my daytrips from there can actually go through. But you know what? I’ve already been so, so lucky, I honestly don’t dare to complain. And if all else fails, I definitely know how to entertain myself in Tokyo for a week, haha.

Good evening for now, and see you tomorrow! (Or Sunday, if I’m too worn out to type out my report, haha.)

#report #japan 2019 #report: japan 2019 #places: marugame

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rezagrats · 8 years ago

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Fukuoka street view near Otemon of Fukuoka castle ruin. #fukuoka #fukuokapics #fukuokastreetscape #fukuokastreetview #otemon #大手門 #平和台ホテル #fukuokawalk #walkinfukuokacity (at 平和台ホテル大手門付近)

#fukuoka #walkinfukuokacity #otemon #平和台ホテル #fukuokawalk #fukuokapics #fukuokastreetview #fukuokastreetscape #大手門

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traveling-couch-potato · 6 years ago

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Japan Day 3

More than a little exhausted this morning but we had a long day ahead. We started with a long trek from our hostel to the Tokyo Imperial Palace. The buildings are mostly closed but you can tour the East Imperial Gardens which has good English signage. We were hoping to enter through the Otemon Gate but due to the high traffic on a Saturday during the peak of cherry blossom season, we were all funneled in through an entrance near the Kokyogaien National Garden. Once we were in there were plenty of guides and maps including English translations to help you around the grounds.

Map of the East Imperial Gardens

Tons of fun exploring the old palace grounds which are extra gorgeous right now due to the cherry blossoms.

From there we explored and ended up leaving through the Hirakwamon Gate and heading to Chidorigafuchi Park. We walked through the park then back up to the Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery Area. This area is also lined with cherry blossoms and is even more packed. As you continue down the path you will see a very distinct boat house with a long line where you can rent boats for $8/half hour. The river is fairly packed but it’s so gorgeous floating through the river underneath all the cherry blossoms.

The walking areas under the trees are extremely crowded but the floating petals make it all so dream-like.

Difficult to paddle but if you’re lucky enough to be a passenger you get to relax and enjoy a gorgeous ride.

After finishing with the boat we had given up finding the festival food but as we headed toward the station with a plan to pick up convenience store food we hit the Yatai Stalls with endless offerings of classic Japanese street foods. And being us, we got a little bit of everything.

Endless stalls of food and even some small trinket and game booths.

After getting out fill we got onto the metro and headed into Akihabara. Our first stop was a made cafe but they couldn’t host 3 people groups well so one of the kind maids walked us across the way to another cafe Zettai Ryoiki. This place had a more gothic French style. The experience definitely isn’t cheap but we wanted to do it at least once. You pay a ~$5 admission fee an each person is required to get a drink per hour. We also got a dessert set which included 1 parfait, 1 drink, and 1 polaroid. For 3 people our 3 drinks, 1 parfait, and 1 polaroid turned out to be about $17/person. While I wouldn’t need to experience this again, I did have a lot of fun trying it out once.

Because it was our first time, the maids gave us little kitty headbands to celebrate.

Parfait is pricy but quite tasty. I just wish they would have drawn a dumb face.

Once we finished the cafe we wandered the streets of Akihabara for hours shopping through endless stores filled with figurines, plushies, and other hobby goods. And of course we had to make a pitstop for more food at PABLO for some gooey gooey cheese tarts.

This place is weeaboo heaven. Somewhere between Times Square and every anime convention dealer’s hall ever.

Line was PABLO was long but continuously moved. Soooo worth it for these guys.

This was all followed by more shopping then a walk towards our final stop of the night: dinner at Gyukatsu Ichi NI San for some of the most amazing Gyu-Katsu I’ve ever had. The wait is killer since it’s a small place that only seats ~13 people so we did have an hour wait but getting to sear our own Katsu on a hot stone plate was so fun and the meat was so tender and flavorful. Definitely a delicious place.

So good. Everything from the peppery potato salad to the accompanying wasabi sauce.

By the time we finished our meal, our feet were in more than enough pain so we finally headed back to our hostel (but not before picking up a quick breakfast of an Egg Salad Sandwich from our local 7-11. I’m so ready for bed now. Night world!

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