波除稲荷神社 Namiyoke Inari Jinja
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 24.72 mi
- Elevation gain
- 682 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 682 ft
- Max elevation
- 156 ft
- TrailRank
-
95
5
- Min elevation
- -130 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Moving time
- 2 hours 34 minutes
- Time
- 4 hours 27 minutes
- Coordinates
- 4798
- Uploaded
- August 7, 2023
- Recorded
- August 2023
near Sendagaya, Tokyo (Japan)
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Itinerary description
Namiyoke Inari Shrine (波除稲荷神社, Namiyoke inari-jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in Tsukiji, Chūō, Tokyo. It is an Inari shrine that was built at the water's edge when this part of Tokyo (then Edo) was created from a landfill after the Great Meireki Fire in 1657. The name of the shrine literally means "wave protection". .
Today it is located behind the Tsukiji fish market, which you have to cross to get to the shrine.
It stands out for two huge lion heads, one red and one black.
During the Tsukiji Lion festival, lion heads are carried around the city as portable shrines.
At the reception of the sanctuary, you can buy, in addition to the typical amulets of all the sanctuaries, some handmade wooden lion heads. They are very cool but very expensive. They are small (1800円), medium (2500円), and large (5400円).
Then I have gone to Tokyo skytree.
Tokyo Skytree (東京 スカイ ツリー] is a broadcasting tower, restaurant, and observation deck built in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan. It is the tallest man-made structure in Japan since 2010. With a height of 634 m, it was completed on February 29, 2012 and inaugurated on May 22 of that year.The Tokyo Skytree is the tallest tower in the world, not considering buildings, surpassing the Canton TV Tower (600 m), the tallest structure on an island, more taller than Taipei 101 and the second tallest structure in the world after the Burj Khalifa.
I have finally made my way to Sensō-ji.
Sensō-ji (浅草寺 ) is a Buddhist temple located in Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan. It is the oldest temple in Tokyo and one of the most important. The temple achieved even greater symbolic status in the 17th century when Tokugawa Shogun Ieyasu designated the site as a family temple that would serve as spiritual protection against invaders from the northeast.
Kaminarimon, the outer gate of Sensoji Temple, famous for its giant red lantern weighing around 700 kg, is not only an iconic symbol of Asakusa City, but also one of the meeting points for taking one of the most popular photographs from all over Tokyo.
Nakamise, one of the largest souvenir markets in the city of Tokyo, is a 200-meter shopping street located within the temple grounds whose history as a shopping center dates back centuries to the Edo period.
As I have already passed through the gate and the market several times, and it is very cumbersome to go there with the bicycle, I have entered the temple from behind. This way I have been able to take good photos of the temple, I have even entered without bumping into anyone.
By the way, I took a photo with the manji (卍) that has caused so much controversy in the West. The manji is a sauvastika (upside down swastika) but it is also used as a Kanji.
This symbol causes a lot of discomfort in the West since for us all our lives we have called it a swastika and we believe that its meaning has always been related to the Nazis. On more than one occasion, people from the West who have come across this symbol have made erroneous interpretations. The most recent was in the famous anime Tokyo Avengers. In this anime, the main characters belong to a gang called "東京卍會 Tōkyō manji-gan", and as such they wear the symbol on their costumes. This led to a first reaction from the West to censor the manji in the international version.
Long before the swastika was used by the Nazis, these have been used with a positive meaning on many occasions, and although they are now attributed to Nazism, in this way it is common to see swastikas in temples and even on statues of Buddha, both swastikas and sauvasticas.
Nowadays, seeing '卍' symbols in Japan while using Google Maps is very common and its meaning is to indicate the location of a Buddhist temple.
For me personally, it still shocks me to see Manjis, but they make me laugh, like a feeling of "what a different world we live in". I have come to see the manji on t-shirts and I always think "don't travel to Europe with it or you will have problems; it will not be your fault but people will misunderstand it for sure"
Out of Sensō-ji, I have gone to the surrounding imperial palace. Where I have taken some last photos.
I have finally gone to the Suga Shrine. This shrine is famous for being in front of the stairs where Taki and Mitsuha meet in the final scene of the movie "Your Name". I went Monday at 12:30 and there was still a certain queue to take a picture. I didn't expect it to be so terribly popular.
Waypoints
Religious site
27 ft
Namiyoke Inari
El Santuario Namiyoke Inari (波除稲荷神社, Namiyoke inari-jinja) es un santuario sintoísta ubicado en Tsukiji, Chūō, Tokio. Es un santuario de Inari que se construyó a la orilla del agua cuando esta parte de Tokio (entonces Edo) se creó a partir de un vertedero después del Gran Incendio de Meireki en 1657.
Monument
41 ft
Tokyo skytree
Tokyo Skytree (東京 スカイ ツリー] es una torre de radiodifusión, restaurante y mirador construida en Sumida, Tokio, Japón. Es la estructura artificial más alta en Japón desde 2010. Con una altura de 634 m, fue completada el 29 de febrero de 2012 e inaugurada el 22 de mayo de ese año. La Tokyo Skytree es la torre más alta del mundo, no considerando así a los edificios, superando a la Torre de televisión de Cantón (600 m), la estructura más alta en una isla, más alta que el Taipei 101 y la segunda estructura más alta del mundo después del Burj Khalifa.
Religious site
49 ft
SENSŌ-JI
Sensō-ji (浅草寺 ) es un templo budista localizado en Asakusa, Tokio, Japón. Es el templo más antiguo de Tokio y uno de los más importantes. El templo alcanzó un estatus simbólico aún más relevante en el siglo XVII cuando Tokugawa Shogun Ieyasu designó el lugar como un templo familiar que serviría de protección espiritual contra los invasores del noreste.
Photo
28 ft
Escena de Anime
Escaleras donde Taki y Mitsuha se encuentran en la escena final de la película "Your Name".
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Impresionantes las cabezas de Leones gigantes!!🦁
Y las escaleras de "Your Name"... Me encanta la foto!!
Muy buena ruta!
Tokyo Skytree es impresionante!
Qué curioso lo del "manji"
Muy buena ruta!!