Kawarayu Shrine - Agatsuma District

Kawaharayu Shrine Religious God It was founded in 1720 (1520), originally called Yakushisha and was enshrined as a guardian deity of Kawaharayu. The shrine was built in the Edo period (1754), fired in the second year of culture (1805), and the 11th-generation Shogun Tokugawa Ienari was built in 1814. (2001) It has been destroyed, but is being rebuilt each time. The mudflow that flowed down the Azuma River due to the great eruption of Mt. Asama (1783) in the Tenmei era (1783) caused enormous damage to the Kawaharayu area, but the mudflow did not reach the hill where the shrine was located. Did not reach. It was changed to Yuzawa Shrine in 1872 (Meiji 5). In 1915, the old shrine enshrined the headquarters precincts shrine, Mimine Shrine, Yasaka Shrine, Oyama Grine Shrine, Honmura Village Suwa Shrine, Honmura Shrine Precinct Shrine, and Honmura Muesha Sumiyoshi Shrine in 1915. Renamed Shinto shrine and became Kawahara Yumura village shrine. When it was rebuilt after the fire of 2001, the stone wall by Toyoda Sonbei has been restored to the ground with the relocation of the head office. Stone lanterns are made by Takato masonry. In 2017 (Heisei 29), it was relocated from the former Kawaharayu Onsen to the site for the construction of the Yaba Dam. (From "Precincts Information Board" and site "Outing Poco") "Kawahara Yuno's blinds are old, but if you go in and worship, you will touch your shoulders." Hiroshi Yosano Sanctuary and hot springs The original source of Kawahara-yu Onsen springed from a cliff at an altitude of 570m, just below the torii gate of Kawahara-yu Shrine. Kawahara-yu Shrine, which was a Yakushi shrine until the Edo era, has an inseparable relationship with hot springs, and the shrine was in a place that was truly suitable for the role of the shrine. The Naganohara Town Magazine and the “Naganohara Town Folk Folk-Yawaba Dam Submerged Area Folk Cultural Properties Investigation Report” (1987) are a place of prayer for mixed gods and Buddhas centered on “Yakushi-san,” who brings the blessings of hot springs until the Edo period. However, he describes the process of renaming Kawaharayu Shrine to survive the era of abolished Buddha after the Meiji Restoration. (From the site "Yaba Dam Tomorrow Association")

A parking lot overlooking the Yanba Dam across the road from this ♨️ hot spring shrine? There is. At the end is a small grave and Jizo. What a ⁉️ "Natural monument antelope" near Jizo (-_ ・)? I was looking at this as Kyon! ️Gunma Prefecture is scary! ️‼ ️

These photos are the former Kawahara Yu Shrine before the transfer. Taken in November 2012. The shrine was higher than the dam was scheduled to be submerged, but since it is a planned road construction site, we decided to move the shrine. The old Oyu was also near here.