Hiko Shrine - Doi-４４ Yawata

Japan's first powered flight was successful in 1891 with a crow-type flight (vessel), aiming to realize the world's first manned powered flight, but unfortunately Chuhachi Ninomiya was overtaken by the Wright brothers. Nevertheless, the shrine was built in 1915 with private property in prayer for the safety and development of aviation. It enshrines Nigihayahi Mikoto, the god of the sky, and is visited not only by the private sector but also by aviation and space personnel of the Self-Defense Forces. A duralumin-flavored (actually made of stainless steel) torii that is often used in airplanes, a jet engine of the F104 star fighter in the precincts, and a shrine that was pulled up by a fishnet of a fisherman in Kishiwada in Osaka Bay. The building is also known as a unique shrine with a Greek-style hall of worship as a motif, a museum that can also be used as a paid (300 yen) flight simulator, a non-photographable museum, a god (paper) airplane to fly, and a circular shape. It is also a hot shrine with a watershed with airplane toys in a plastic case. (Additional reprint to Keihan Yawata City Station Tourist Information and Museum Explanation) ============= Chuhachi Ninomiya, a pioneer in the aviation world, was born in June 1886 in Yawatahama, Ehime Prefecture. The kite that he self-taught when he was a kid was called "Tadahachi kite" because he was original and wacky (but he often flew). Joined the Marugame Infantry Regiment in December 1887. During the exercises in the mountainous areas of Shikoku, he became interested in the appearance of birds gliding in search of leftover food, which was a great hint for the invention of a flying machine. After that, after repeated research, on April 29, 1891, he succeeded in flying the first Japanese rubber-powered "crow-type aviator", and subsequently started to devise a "jewel beetle-type aviator" on which people could ride. Did. The design was completed in 1893, and I requested that the military research and develop it, but it was rejected (the government could not afford it) and I decided to complete it on my own. (Promoted to an officer in his 30s at a pharmaceutical company) Saved money and set the conditions for airplane development on his own. In 1900, in Yawata City, Kyoto Prefecture (currently Yawata City) (suitable for runways) I heard that the Wright brothers completed the airplane and succeeded in flying on December 17, 1903, while trying to develop the land. Tadahachi shed tears of regret and said that he abandoned the production, saying, "Even if I make an airplane now, I will only receive the evaluation that I imitated it." After that, the world finally moved to the era of airplanes, and many victims of airplanes began to be seen. Knowing this, Tadahachi, who knew that he could not pass this as a person who aspired to the same airplane, invested money in his own residence in Yawata City (current location) in 1915 to comfort the spirit. It was the origin of Hiko Shrine that we built a shrine and prayed for aviation safety and the development of the aviation business.

You can't tell from the outside that it's a shrine, but once you step in, you'll get excited. There is also a museum about the father of Japanese aircraft, Chuhachi Ninomiya.

Chuhachi Ninomiya, who may have been able to develop an airplane ahead of the Wright brothers, gave up because he could not get the understanding of the country, but he was afraid of the successive aviation accidents and built a flying shrine for memorial service. There is a museum.

Iwashimizu Hachimangu Shrine is a shrine that enshrines those who were engaged in aircraft development in Japan and those who were martyred. The people of the aircraft industry and the Japan Air Self-Defense Force are revered. There is a red stamp.

We visited together near Iwashimizu Hachimangu. There was also a propeller in the precincts, and it felt like a name. The red stamp also has gold wings and I like it very much.

Nigihayahi in the 1st hall / Nigihayahi in the 2nd hall, spirits of aviation heroes in the 2nd hall / Yakusojin, Konpira Gongen, White Dragon God in the 3rd hall It is said that it was founded in 1915, and was built by Mr. Chuhachi Ninomiya, who first studied the flight principle in Japan. Chuhachi Ninomiya succeeded in the first powered model flight experiment in Japan in 1891, but he left the development of airplanes when the Wright brothers realized an airplane that could carry people. However, since the invention of the airplane, Tadahachi, who was hurt by the frequent occurrence of aviation accidents, felt that he was responsible as a person involved in the development of the airplane, and invested his own money to enshrine the spirits of the victims in 1918. It was built in (1915). The hall of worship was like an ancient Greek temple, and the torii was made of stainless steel. Worship: 2021/12/20

A company that enshrines Nigihayahi, the first flying god. Of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force From the president of the executive candidate school To the extent that dedication sake is offered A shrine that continues to pray for aviation safety To my family ... Someone who has an aviation-related job If you are, How about a guardian prayer here?