Oushiko Shrine

Ingenious ‘floating megalithic’ shrine

Having seen pictures of this huge stone which appears to float on water, I was pleasantly surprised to find the boulder is part of a serene Shinto shrine up in the hills looking down on the cities and...

Ingenious ‘floating megalithic’ shrine

Having seen pictures of this huge stone which appears to float on water, I was pleasantly surprised to find the boulder is part of a serene Shinto shrine up in the hills looking down on the cities and...

Japanese Sanqi

Original Text

It is called (Ishinohodenoshikojinja). This shrine is a huge stone structure called the stone treasure hall as a divine body, and it is one of the "three strange things in Japan" along with the salt pot of Shiogama Shrine in Miyagi Prefecture and the Tenkaku pot in the precincts of Kirishima Higashi Shrine in Miyazaki Prefecture. It is said to be.

Japanese Sanqi

Original Text

It is called (Ishinohodenoshikojinja). This shrine is a huge stone structure called the stone treasure hall as a divine body, and it is one of the "three strange things in Japan" along with the salt pot of Shiogama Shrine in Miyagi Prefecture and the Tenkaku pot in the precincts of Kirishima Higashi Shrine in Miyazaki Prefecture. It is said to be.

Ishigaki Iwagakiyama

Original Text

Access (Public Transportation) Walk along Prefectural Road 393 (be careful because the sidewalk is narrow to the middle) from JR Hoden Station about 1.5km along the road. When you see the torii gate of Oshiko Shrine, go up the steep stairs. It's quite dangerous because you cross the road (no sidewalk) on the way. Shrine It was a magnificent shrine as it was. To see the stone treasure hall, you need a purification of 100 yen. When I went, there was a person in the shrine building, so I put 100 yen properly ...