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2021.3 There are many small shrines around Okayama Station

A signboard stating the origins in the precincts was built in 1985. The shinto body "Toyoyuki god" is a spirit of the Shinto shrine of Ise (Gaikoku), which is considered to be the total goddess of our country, we will protect our lives in general, including rich fruit and business prosperity It is God. Before the war it was about three times as much as the current precincts, but the current shrine started construction in 1954, burning down in air raids and partition arrangement, rebuilding on July 25, 1952. A pair of guardian guards sitting on both sides of the Torii gate. It is engraved on the pedestal as Yoshinaga (1850), so you can see that it was dedicated about 160 years ago from now. A record is also kept about this guardian dog, which "In the Showa 32 and 3 years, a worker-style man visited and talked about a lion dog who was damaged by the war damage, heard 5,000 yen, heard the name of the address, gave a written letter and thank you for completing the construction at a later date. Without addressee I came back. " It is written as. Since it seems that the initial salary of the elementary school teacher at that time was 8,000 yen, if converted to the present value it is about 1230,000 yen. I can not read what kind of thought was in that person from the record, but from the wind body of that person, the person in the town who opponent was able to see how he felt it was a stinky person at first. In this way the legislature that keeps the well-being of the town is supported by the good intentions of many people and it is now. Every year at the end of July, the "summer festival of the legislature" is said to be held, as Mr. Shrine of a small small Iwata-machi, Mr. Sui is the oasis of the heart of the people of the town.

Visited in January 2021. A shrine suddenly in a corner of an alley. There are many small shrines like this near Okayama station. Even if urbanization progresses, I feel that there is room in the place where such things are not demolished.