Small Shrines of Kurotatsu Jinja

Elegant buildings dating back to the Sengoku Era

Takako Sakamoto Nov 07, 2014 - 1 min read

Small building of Nishinomiya Ebisu Shrine on the premises of Kurotatsu Shrine

The wooden sign of the shrine was written by Matsudaira Nagayoshi, the grandson of Matsudaira Shungaku, the 16th lord of Fukui Han (the old name for the region).

Small stone shrines lined up beside Nishinomiya Ebisu Shrine

Close-up look at one of the cute fox statues

Wow, this guardian dog is so small and cute!

Guardian dog in front of Nishinomiya Ebisu Shrine

I really love the design of this wooden architecture!

Looking up at Ishiwatari Hachiman Shrine, which stands beside Kurotatsu Shrine's prayer hall

Elegant architecture of Ishiwatari Hachiman Shrine

Votive Stone; It's said that if you hit the big rock with a small stone three times your wish will come true

Evil Dispelling Stone; it reads 'Breathe on a cup and smash it on the stone, and the evils in your body and spirit will go away'. It costs 100 yen per one cup.

These are the cups to break evil spirits!

Fragments of white cups smashed on the stone

The two beautiful small shrines are standing on the premises of Keya Kurotatsu Jinja in Fukui City. When Yuki Hideyasu was transferred from Yuki County in Ibaraki in 1601, to govern Fukui , and became the first lord of Fukui Region, one of the shrines, Nishinomiya Ebisu Shrine, was invited from Yuki County to Fukui The other, Ishiwatari Hachiman Shrine, was built in 1446 as the guardian shrine of Keya town, and was moved to stand on the grounds of Kurotatsu Shrine in 1908. Both shrines looked new and elegant to me. There are two stones, one to make your wish come true, and another to get rid of evil spirits. Try them out when you come visit here!

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Takako Sakamoto @takako.sakamoto

I was born in and grew up in Tokushima prefecture, and have lived in many places since then: Nishinomiya, Kyoto, Nara, Mie, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Chiba, Fukuoka and Fukui. I am currently living in Yokohama City. All the places I lived, all the places I visited, I have loved dearly. The histor...