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Mountain ascetic priests chanting.45 views
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Tourists don’t normally get off at this station since most attractions are at the next stop, Yokaichi Station.45 views
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Train ticket window is manned only in the mroning.45 views
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I wonder how old these benches are. Older than my mom perhaps.45 views
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Ceiling light.45 views
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Looks like no one will repair this building.45 views
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Signs of age in many places, but it adds to the rustic charm.45 views
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Yokaichi's connection with yokai comes from its place name "Yokaichi," a pun for "Land of Yokai." Although "Yokaichi" does not mean that.44 views
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The dance begins.44 views
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Gingko leaves.44 views
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Somewhat famous slope of fallen maple leaves at Hyakusaiji.44 views
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Giant sandals supposed to scare away evil spirits thinking that the sandals belong to a giant guardian.44 views
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Tarobogu-mae Station's rundown bicycle lot. How rustic.44 views
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Shin-Yokaichi Station on the Ohmi Railway, the stop before Yokaichi Station terminal.44 views
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Inside Shin-Yokaichi Station.44 views
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Entrance to Honmachi arcade. 43 views
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First go up these steps.43 views
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Bus stop to Yokaichi Station.43 views
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Wooded path to Hyakusaiji.43 views
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Symbol of Hyakusaiji.43 views
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Hyakusaiji's Main temple hall (hondo), Hyakusaiji.43 views
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Pay a little money to ring the temple bell.43 views
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This is where the shrine holds the rice-planting festival on the third Sunday of May.43 views
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Tarobogu's ema prayer tablets have a blank tengu goblin face. You draw the face yourself. How interactive.43 views
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Shin-Yokaichi Station looks brown from the sides, but it's green on the front.43 views
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Bus stop to Hyakusaiji Temple.42 views
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Hyakusaiji's temple bell. 42 views
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Nice visit to Tarobogu.42 views
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Tarobogu Shrine on this mountain holds a bonfire festival on the first Sunday in December. Near Tarobogu-mae Station on Ohmi Railways Line from Omi-Hachiman or Yokaichi Stations.42 views
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I did it as well, wasn't so hot.42 views
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Nature trying to reclaim its place.42 views
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For the elderly, these many, but not impossible, steps might be difficult. Enjoy the fall colors in Nov.41 views
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Fusuma sliding doors.41 views
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Mt. Mitsukuriyama, home of Tarobogu Shrine.41 views
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Honden shrine can be seen.41 views
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Go up these steps.41 views
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Omotesando path to the main shrine. 表参道41 views
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This narrow slit separates the Wedded Rocks, wide enough for normal-size people to pass through. Meoto-iwa 夫婦岩41 views
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Legend says that the god split the Wedded Rocks in two. Legend also says that the rocks will crush any person who has a malicious heart or has told a lie. Most local kids therefore run through here to escape the god's crush. Meoto-iwa 夫婦岩41 views
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Inside Ichigansha Shrine 一願社 (一願成就社). 41 views
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Back down now.41 views
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Came a little too early.40 views
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Jizo statue40 views
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A significant rock.40 views
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They held the bonfire festival in Dec. (See the separate album for this.)40 views
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Priests40 views
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Great thing about Tarobogu Shrine is the views.40 views
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Inside Sanshuden Hall. 参集殿40 views
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Beautiful views from Tarobogu Shrine.40 views
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Thus rest house has all these old paintings and objects.40 views
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The smoke can get very thick. People with a lung condition or clothing sensitive to smoke should not see this.40 views
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Sacred staff for the fire walk.40 views
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About Sanmon Gate.39 views
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Saicho, founder of Tendai Buddhist Sect, also prayed at Tarobo. Up to when Shinto and Buddhism was separated during the Meiji Period, both Shinto and Tendai followers worshipped at Tarobo.39 views"Tarobo" is the name of the Tengu goblin serving as the guardian of this shrine. The shrine god is known as the "God of Victory," for business prosperity, winning something, beating a disease, or passing an exam.
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The first torii you see right near the train station.39 views
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The second torii near the foot of the mountain.39 views
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Second torii to Tarobogu Shrine.39 views
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If you don't have a car or if there'sno shuttle bus, you get to climb up 700 stone steps to the shrine. This is the entrance to the climb up.39 views
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Good luck.39 views
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Yes, up this way.39 views
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There a flat piece of land for the shrine.39 views
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Going up to Sanshuden Hall is a modern building where they sell amulets. 参集殿39 views
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Benzaiten, goddess of music has her own little shrine. Not just a statue.39 views
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Ichigansha Shrine altar.39 views
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Small stone wall pillars donated.39 views
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To go back, no need to go the way you came, take this flat path back.39 views
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Tengu mask39 views
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Biwa lute.39 views
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Lots of torii along the way.39 views
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The first torii is near the train station.39 views
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Fire walk pit still smoking.39 views
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Tarobogu-mae Station on the Ohmi Railways. Trains come from Omi-Hachiman and Yokaichi Stations.38 views
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Tarobogu-mae Station on the Ohmi Railways. 38 views
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Tarobogu-mae Station exit has a tengu goblin.38 views
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Entrance to the shrine's rice paddy.38 views
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About the Jizo statue.38 views
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More stairs to go to the Honden main shrine.38 views
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View from Sanshuden Hall. 38 views
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