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cheesecake17 Says: As you walk down the main street toward TOYOKAWA INARI SHRINE you will find the information center little house..Just go inside and pick some phamplet of the area, sometimes they may have in English....or just ask..Its open at 9am..(pic#2)This is the main street leading to...
cheesecake17 Says: At this particulary temple you can purchase roof tiles , write your name on it and pay 1500yen....they will hopefully be use when the roof need reparing......Ok.....I was a little desappointed that I had to write my name in "permanent ink"....that kind of ink will not last...
cheesecake17 Says: This hall built in traditional storehouse style, enshrine the DAIKOKUTEN....Daikokuten was one of the 7 gods called Shichifukujin which brought good luck. They are gods and holy persons of Buddhism, Shinto and Taoism and are often seen drawn riding in a treasure ship ....
cheesecake17 Says: In this building there is the largest room of the whole temple....Its used for lectures on Buddhism and for serving food..When the 11 room partitions are removed...This becomes a 400 mat room and can hold up to 1000 people...Notice in front of the room facing the great...
cheesecake17 Says: This elevated HALLWAY extends from the HATTO to the HONDEN..It was completed in 1930...Over 4 meters wide and 200 meters long.the ceiling is constructed on CAMPHOR and the remainder of KATSURA, cinnamon tree..Part of the passage is a "NIGHTTINGALE FLOOR".. the boards are...
cheesecake17 Says: Omikuji are random fortunes written on strips of paper at Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples in Japan.Literally they are "looking-lottery", You shake a container full of bamboo sticks and then remove one through the hole in the container... hoping for the resulting fortune...
cheesecake17 Says: ....It is built entirely of ZELKOVA wood, with a 2-tiered peaked roof over 3 bays..The building is about 20 meters wide, 40 meters deep and 30 meters high...Its a very impressive building...The HONDEN is a hall where DAKINITEN is worshipped.WHAT WAS THE DAKINI.....As though...
cheesecake17 Says: The main gate of this Temple was rebuilt in 1656, about 210 years after it was first erected..The present structure was completed on April 10, 1884...Its a very beautiful and big gate, built entirely of ZELKOVA wood with a shingled copper roof..The 2 gates doors are...
cheesecake17 Says: On the other side of the garden is a pond where turtles and carp swim...There are cycads, azaleas, peonys, camilas and other flowers which will bloom according to their season....It was a very small garden but beautifully arranged, well worth spending some time to admire..
cheesecake17 Says: As you walk under the arch you will see the garden which was constructed in the early EDO PERIOD, 1700's...and became a DESIGNATED GARDEN OF JAPAN in 1941..It covers a small area of the grounds and represents MIKASA MOUNTAIN in NARA...with a dry waterfall against a...
cheesecake17 Says: This is the main worship hall of TOYOKAWA MYOGONJI....The ZEN sect uses term HATTO (DHARMA HALL) rather than HONDO(main hall)..This hall was completed in the spring of 1813 and rebuilt in the 1830's...It has a 2-tiered tiled roof and has a length of 24 meters and a depth of...
cheesecake17 Says: After you enter the main gate, you will see the most impresive building...Boy! was I surprised, just beautiful....I did not expect this temple to be so big....but it was........Toyokawa Inari Shrine is one of the 3 big Inari Fox shrines in Japan...The building enshrines the...
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cheesecake17 Says: As you walk down the road toward the SHRINE you will see many little unique little stores..Many are small restaurant like the one in the picutre
taigaa001 Says: Toyokawa and Toyohashi are often toured together. Particularly visiting both Toyokawa Inari in Toyokawa and Toyohashi Zoo and Botanical Garden(Non Hoi Park) is a popular one. 1 Toyokawa Inari, Toyohashi Park(Yoshida Castle), and Orthodox Church. After visiting Toyokawa...
cheesecake17 Says: Walking down the street from the station in Toyokawa or just in front of the main gate of the Toyokawa Inari Temple, there are lots of little gift shops and food ....ou can also find some little gifts at booth set up during festival times..like in pic#3. Here is a pic of...
Jizo statues can be found all over Japan
cheesecake17 Says: Jizo statues are found all over but especially around graveyards because it is believed that Jizo saves the souls of those in hell, especially aborted, miscarried and stillborn babies. Most Jizo also wear red bibs or hats made by mothers who hope that by offering them to...
cheesecake17 Says: Since suitable clay was found in Mikawa area and has long been used to make tiles, the tile makers began to form some simple dolls too. The range of figures is wide, from Hina dolls to the Gods of Good Luck, the Beckoning Cat and other dolls for Good Luck, like our Daruma...
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TOYOKAWA CITY is located in East Mikawa, the southeast part of Aichi Prefecture. It is about 60km, a one-hour car drive, from Nagoya, the prefecture capital.. Its famous throughout the country as a...
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Next Visit (Tentative) January or February 2012 Possible course: Toyokawa Inari and some other places... Toyokawa Inari in Toyokawa, Aichi and Ise Shrine in Mie are some of the most popular places...
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