I have a holiday from on 2nd May, to 6th May.
Many people go abroad or go to a tourist resort.
I went to a Miyogi shrine in my prefecture, Gunma.
This shrine was constructed around 537.
Usually, there are some very big and old trees at shrine.
The stairs were so steep. So it was hard to go to the main building.
The visit at this shrine made me relax.
Maybe, it is very important to be relax in order to
do good performance at your job and your study.
As you see, Japanese people have worshiped not only God(Kami)
but nature since old ages.
(I used the word Kami on purpose. In Japan, the concept of "God" is different
from other religion, such as Christian.)
This is a barrier in Edo period.
In 400 years ago, people could not move from one prefecture to the other prefecture
freely. The government banned people from bringing in the Edo area(Around Tokyo).
The government officials checked at this checkpoint.
2 comments:
it looks so beautiful! It is like time has stopped - I wonder how old those trees are :)
To Shantal ForSD
I don't know how old they are.
I guess they are more than 300 years.
Usually, we can see very very old trees when you
visit Japanese shrine.
You can guess how Japanese people have
lived with nature for a long time.
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