Aoyama Shrine - Higashiibaraki District

[Yanxi-style inner shrine] Hitachi Naga-gun Aoyama Shrine

There was a shrine at the end of the long approaching path through the first parade.

There were quite a few from the torii gate to the main shrine. The cedar trees on both sides of the approach were magnificent.

This is an enchanted shrine that has a long and long approach to the shrine that runs along Kasama to Hitachiota. It might be a little scary to be alone. Founded in the 8th century, the sacred god is fierce. He is the son of Susanoo and brought back plant seeds from the Korean peninsula and raised them. Although it was on the information board, it is no surprise that the place name is Aoyama. Please note that there is no office or toilet.

It is a fairly old shrine, on the way from Mito to Mogi. Ibaraki often has a large shrine along the occupied territory of the Yamato court, but is this the same? However, since the main god is the god of tree planting called Isotakeru, it may be stronger to mean the guardian god of the pioneers. The approach is long and retains the atmosphere of the past. However, some of them were cut down because they were damaged by the strong wind, and some of them gave me a slightly squishy impression. It may be said that it is in good condition. The scale of the forest itself is quite large. It seems that it was once called Wakamiya Hachiman or Kashima Myojin. It is said that Mitsukuni Mito returned to the original ritual. The hall of worship itself is not so old, it is from the end of the Edo period.

Shikinaisha listed in the section of Naka-gun, Hitachi Province, in the Enki-shiki Shinmeicho. A long and beautiful approach, surrounded by large trees, continues. There are no paving stones, and it is a large tree root path. I worshiped in the afternoon of late autumn. According to the information board at the head of the company, the god of ritual is Isotakeru. It is said that Isotakeru planted many tree seeds in Japan, and Daihachisu became a land with a lot of greenery. It is enshrined at the Ita Giso Shrine in Kishu along with the younger sisters, Tagitsuhime and Tagitsuhime. As you walk along the approach to our company, you will find the atmosphere where the god of trees is enshrined. According to the shrine, it was solicited by Ita Giso Shrine in the third year of Houki (772). There is also a theory that there was a relocation to the area in the same year. At our company, Takabarai was continued as a special Shinto ritual until 1966, but now it has disappeared. The festival was held on September 29th of the lunar calendar. It takes place from 11:00 pm to 2:00 am. Two boys are selected as priests, and after the priest, shrine maiden, and attendant offer tamagushi to the hall of worship, they go to the second torii gate and shout Hoi, Hoi to signal the shrine. Then, the Kagura is played in the temple. Further down on horseback, go into the paddy field about 300m away, put on a rope, and signal Hoi, Hoi and the shrine in a loud voice. And again, he plays Kagura in the temple. In this paddy field about 300m away, there is a trace of the special Shinto ritual called Takae. In addition, according to the information board, there is a crowd of 40 or more circular burial mounds in the area of ​​400m east-west and 150m north-south called the Kamioyama Kofungun around this shrine. It is said to be from the late Kofun period.