




Togakushi in the sanctuary there is an episode of Amen-Tajikarao. According to Japanese mythology, Goddess Amaterasu: 天 照 大 御 神 (Great Goddess who shines in the heavens) is angry at the bad behavior of her brother Susanoo and hid in the cave Amano-Iwato: 天 岩 戸 (no one knows where he was, according to a ' review where the cave is located near the Sanctuary of the Beloved- Iwato is the Amano-Iwate). This caused the disappearance of the sun. To bring the sun goddess Amaterasu, the gods made a sumptuous banquet in front of the Beloved-Iwata. The Goddess Amaterasu was curious to know what was going on outside the cave and then opened the door of rock for a moment to peek. As soon as the door opened a crack rock, a giant god took the rock and threw it away immediately. So the goddess Amaterasu, the sun was brought back. That came in the door of the rock mountain Togakushi. Togakushi: 戸 隠 means "the door that conceals," certainly this name came from that episode. And the giant was the god Amen-Tajikarao. During
Christmas I went to Togakushi. The slope of the mountain there is a sanctuary. It's a little '(too?) Away from the foot of the mountain, the entrance road to the shrine (参 道) is about 2km, then certainly we must scale a bit'. You can not enter by car or motorbike or bicycle or on horseback, at the beginning of the driveway there is a stone that says scoplita "下马 (Geba)" means "to dismount." In the past the people who went to the shrine fell from his horse and walked. It's a little 'hard to get to the sanctuary but the view from the street is wonderful, especially in the mountain is located, is different from that of Tokyo and that of Kyoto, and so on. If you're already tired of Tokyo and Kyoto, Osaka and Kamakura, etc., go to Togakushi, you'll find another new Japan.
PSTogakushi is also famous for soba.
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