Hiyoshi Shrine

quaint little shrine near railway lines

We visited this little shrine at New Years. It had recently snowed so the place looked like Narnia. Read more: http://hotfootrini.blogspot.jp/2015/01/welcoming-new-year-japanese-style.html

The surroundings of the shrine (the whole mountain) are power spots

Original Text

A train is running on the approach from the torii gate. It happened that the circuit breaker went down and the train passed. It's a mysterious shrine. I love visiting shrines, but this shrine felt energy from the whole mountain. It's an exciting (strange expression) shrine where the koke is very beautiful and you can feel mysterious in the quiet.

Mountain King Faith

Original Text

　A shrine of Sanno faith known for the strange festival "Yotomakase". A stone statue of a monkey, which is said to be the angel of the god, is enshrined on the approach. As with Hiyoshi Shrine in Tottori City, the dense forest between the stone steps through the mountain gate has a rigorous atmosphere and seems to have an aura. It is also famous for passing the approach by railways, but this is probably a legacy of modernization in the early Meiji era. At the time of the Russo-Japanese War, laying railways should have been the highest priority to carry goods from Sakai Port. Going through the approach ...

Relics

Original Text

It is located in a corner of the Tsumagi Banda ruins. I was taken by my husband, who loves archaeology, but it was nice to have a taste. I knew it immediately from Route 9 without relying on the navigation system.

Caveyard の Mingsuo

Original Text

The deities of Hiyoshi Shrine, located in Yodoe Town, which is also the village of Tsumaki Banda Ruins, are Onamuji (child life of Okuninushi) Sarutahiko Okami, Shohikona no Mikoto, etc. １８ God Total ２１ God. Sarutahiko is an older god than Okuninushi, but the stone statue of Sarutahiko is a little-known spot. Sarutahiko is the god of guide. There are two stone statues ３, but the oldest stone statue on the left is rare with two children's monkeys. Next to the right side, the right thigh of the old stone statue seems to have been cut and fell. It's attached again, but the wound is ...