The prayer hall of Koyama Hachiman Jinja was seen on the other side of the stone Torii

Torii and prayer hall in Koyama Hachiman Jinja Shrine
Torii and prayer hall in Koyama Hachiman Jinja
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After returning from Myanmar, I was walking near my house in Tokyo. Unlike Yangon, there are no Kun sellers here anymore. There are only houses quietly lining both sides of the road. Not many people were walking around. On that day, I was heading for Koyama Hachiman Shrine. I have lived in this area for about 10 years, but I had never been to this shrine.

Koyama Hachiman Shrine was built on a small hill in a residential area. Like the residential area, the shrine grounds were quiet. There were no visitors to the shrine. The view from the precincts on top of this small hill is said to be one of the 100 best views in Shinagawa. According to Shinichi Nakazawa, many historic shrines and Buddhist temples have been built on the Pleistocene highland plateau since ancient times. This shrine may be an example of such a building. However, the fact that the shrine was founded nearly 1,000 years ago, as written in the omiki, seemed a bit exaggerated, no matter how much the shrine was built on the Pleistocene layer.

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Sep 2019 ARCHITECTURE TOKYO

PHOTO DATA

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11191

Shooting Date

Oct 2018

Posted On

September 13, 2019

Modified On

October 30, 2023

Place

Ebara, Tokyo

Genre

Architectural Photography

Camera

SONY ALPHA 7R II

Lens

SONNAR T* FE 55MM F1.8 ZA

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