Conifer Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine Kamakura JA IMG_0878

A fascinating tree at the junction of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine's bridges. I thought it might be a cryptomeria, but now wonder if it is related to the Great Ginkgo lost in 2010.

Tsurugaoka Hachimangū is the most important Shinto shrine in the city of Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, which has largely grown around it and its 1.8 km approach. It is the venue of many of its most important festivals, and hosts two museums. For most of its history, until 1868, it was both a Hachiman shrine and a Tendai Buddhist temple. Both the shrine and the city were built with Feng Shui in mind.

As one enters, after the first torii (Shinto gate) there are three small bridges, two flat ones and an central arched one. In the days of the shogunate there were two - the arched Akabashi (Red Bridge) was reserved for the Shogun. The bridges span a canal that joins together two ponds dug in 1182, "Genpei ponds", named for two warring families, the Minamoto ("Gen") and the Taira ("Pei"). One of the islands in the Minamoto pond hosts a sub-shrine called Hataage Benzaiten Shrine (dedicated to Buddhist goddess Benzaiten). The sub-shrine was rebuilt in 1956, having been dismantled in 1868 under the religious separation order.

Tsurugaoka Hachimangū includes several sub-shrines, the most important of which are the Junior Shrine (Wakamiya ) at the bottom, and the Senior Shrine (Hongū ) 61 steps above.
At the left of its great stone stairway to the Senior Shrine (Hongu) stood a 1000-year old ginkgo tree, which was uprooted by a storm in the early hours of March 10, 2010.

An unusual feature of the shrine is its 1.8 km sandō (approach), Kamakura's main avenue which has three torii gates and extends to the ocean.The dankazura, a raised pathway flanked by cherry trees begins between the second and third tori - this was being modified so unfortunately the trees have gone or were concealed behind boarding.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsurugaoka_Hachimang%C5%AB

Taken on: April 6, 2015

Sets appears in: • Kamakura from Tokyo

Camera: Canon PowerShot SX230 HS, f/4.0, 1/640 sec, 7.1mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

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