Takanosu Shrine - Annaka

Here, Takanosu Shrine is where Takanosu Castle Ruins was built by Shingen Takeda. There are no remains left ❗

Although it is said to be the site of Takanosu Castle on the map, it is actually Takanosu Demaru of Itanohana Castle. Until the Taisho era, the Takanosu Bridge under the cliff was constructed by laying boards on ships that were lined up side by side.

Takanosu Shrine God of the gods Founded before 1614 History Takanosu Shrine is a guard of the nose that sits on Mt. Takanosu overlooking the Usui River. Mt. Takanosu is an old castle of Yoroku Shinrokuro Kokei, and the grounds were constructed by Yuzen Nihonsei Shuzoin Takanōji, formerly the Tossou School of Santoin, for the first five years from 1596 to 1615 based on Ishigami enshrined at the top of the mountain. Instead, it became the Sakai Gagaku Prayer House, and the forehead, Kaguraden, and Shinmon gates were improved, and took on a new year event to oversee Yamabushi in West Joshu. During the Edo period, the company prospered along with the development of Nakasendo Itabanajuku, and it became a sanctuary for the rest of many admirers and travelers. In 1873 (Meiji 6), it became a village shrine, and in 1909 (Heisei Yasaka Shrine), Shinmei-gu Shrine, Atago, Kanzawa Inari, Sekiguchi Toriaki Myojin, etc. were renamed Takasu Shrine Among them, Shinmei-gu Shrine was called Ise-den, from which Ise Jingu cannabis was distributed in Nishijoshu. Torikatsu Myojin is enshrined by Ise Saburo Yoshimori, and the ruins of the mansion are in the vicinity. In addition, there are many street stalls on the old road at the Itanosatsu Summer Festival (Gion Festival), and after the Sakai no Washin Shrine at the site of Yasaka Shrine, there is a grand prayer for the safety of the town at each of the ward goverments. (From Sagamiya Sakimae Shrine HP) Go up the slope along the retaining wall on the eastern side of the signal at the entrance of the old castle housing estate in Itanosano. Look for the Takanosu Bridge and the Annaka area. Turn right and enter the bamboo forest, next to the water supply facility. There was a Shinto gate just above the cemetery. The sculpture of the dragon of Shinmon is powerful. In front of the shrine, there is the company name of Takanosu Shrine and two sarcophagus. The sarcophagus looked relatively new, so I thought that it had moved to this position in the future, and when I went further from the Shinto gate, there was a small stone pillar written "Tatami Gokagaku" on the left-hand fence. was. Furthermore, there was a large “Lunsheng monument” in the wall on the right, and a stone monument in the wall a little further. On the mountain path up the ridge, there are traces of stone steps along the way, and you can see the Usui River and Annaka area on the lower left side, but if you fall or collapse rather than a superb view at a very high level, you will first get out of fear. There was a stone walled part ahead, and there were stone tamagaki and basin with some names carved, so it seems that the location where this stone wall was originally the place where Takanosu Shrine was originally enshrined It was.

For me from Itahana, this is like my heart's hometown. When I was in elementary school, when I talked about sketching, I used to write this scenery from Usuto Elementary School, and even if I left school and got a job and left Gunma, I always had Takanosu Shrine in my head. , I have never forgotten about this area including the shrine. It must seem like a steep slope, a tall bamboo bush that seems to block the whereabouts, the spirits, feelings, and souls of the ancients. It seems that there is a space of another dimension That's it.