2005年02月20日
Tamagawa Shrine
After looking back at other posts that I have made, I noticed that , while I got a lot of Japan and Tokyo, I had very little from my back yard, as it were. So, last week, I piced up the camera and jumped on my bike and headed out around Setagaya. I hit 3 temples/shrines in the course of one afternoon, and there are at least three others within walking distance that I did not visit.
Tamagawa Shrine is the first of the three that I did go to. It is a bit farther away than some of the others, but it had some interesting stonework. Tucked under bushes and in corners are small statues of monks and dragons. There was also a small shrine dedicated to the wily fox! The chipped and worn foxes signify an Inari shrine, or rice-god shrine, of whom the fox is a messanger.
The shrine, in general, is sadly a bit rundown. It seems that they may only really spruce the place up when they have a special event. When taken as a whole the shrine is nothing special. This shrine only shines when you get close-up.
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