One man and two women were walking together in Kameido Tenjinsha

People on approach way to Kameido Tenjinsha — Approach to Kameido Tenjinja shrine

Once inside the precincts of the shrine, there is a pond and a bridge over it. Standing on the bridge, I had a clear view of the approach to the Kameido Tenjinja shrine in Kameido, which stretches straight towards the shrine's hall of worship. A large number of worshippers were walking along the narrow approach flanked by plum trees. The plum blossoms planted on both sides of the path are about to bloom.

As I stood on the arched bridge and watched, a group of three men and a woman, who had probably finished praying, came from the other side. The two women were dressed in kimonos. Kimonos are a good choice for shrines.

By the way, this shrine is dedicated to Sugawara no Michizane, as the name suggests. It is said that the shrine was founded in 1661 when Sugawara Otorii Shinyu, a priest of Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine who was a descendant of Sugawara Michizane, travelled around the country to spread Tenjin worship and arrived in Honjo-Kameido village in Edo, where he dedicated a Tenjin statue carved from a plum tree known as the sacred tree of Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine in a small shrine that had originally been there.

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