2005年03月02日
Jiyugaoka Graveyard
After stopping at the Tamagawa Shrine I headed to a Graveyard in Jiyugaoka.
For the most part, it's just the same as most other shrines. The main difference being all the gravestones. Typically in Japan people are cremated rather than buried. Also, it seems that a lot of families use the same headstone. Some of these headstones appear to be very old. As I wandered around looking at the monuments I had to take some pictures of some of the gifts left for the dearly departed: mostly flowers, but also beer.
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I enjoy walking the grounds and I would definitely recommend visiting some of the smaller neighborhood shrines. Many of these are not as "magnificent" as some of the more popular ones, I think they offer a lot more in terms of accessibility.
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