A steep stairway was the main entrance of the Ichigaya Kamegaoka Hachiman-Gu shrine

Steep stairway of Ichigaya Kamegaoka Hachiman-gu
Steep stairway of Ichigaya Kamegaoka Hachiman-gu
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Kamegaoka Hachiman-gu Shrine in Ichigaya is built on top of a small hill. Although it is now surrounded by tall buildings, it must have been a place with a great view in the past. Historic shrines are often built a little higher than their surroundings, and even in the Great East Japan Earthquake, the shrine was not damaged much by the tsunami.

I had assumed the reason for this was that a noble being would want to look down on the city people from a high place, but this does not seem to be the case. Sea level used to be higher than it is today, and shrines built by the sea were often left behind on small hills as the coastline receded.

I thought that this Ichigaya Kameoka Hachiman-gu Shrine must have quite a long history since it is located on such a high place, but in fact it was built by Ota Doban, and is not that old. In any case, it would be a difficult climb up these steps. In Tokyo, the stairway to success at Atago Shrine is famous for its steepness, but this stairway was no less steep.

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Aug 2017 IN THE CITY TOKYO

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10245

Shooting Date

Feb 2017

Posted On

August 12, 2017

Modified On

November 13, 2024

Place

Ichigaya, Tokyo

Genre

Street Photography

Camera

SONY ALPHA 7R II

Lens

SONNAR T* FE 55MM F1.8 ZA

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