Visiting Japan’s Most Remote Ancient Shrine ( Togakushi Shrine ) | EP 11 🇯🇵
Japanese mythology has it that the sun goddess, Amaterasu’s brother once misbehaved so terribly that the sun goddess herself went into hiding in great shame and embarrassment. She would not be moved from the cave in which she hid until a group of deities came up with a cunning plan to perform a dance so spectacular that she couldn’t resist peeping out to see what the commotion was about. As soon as she wedged open the cave door, one of the deities flung open the door and threw it so hard that it flew all the way from the cave in Kyushu to Nagano. And so Mt Togakushi (literally meaning “hiding door”) was formed when the door plummeted back down to earth. The Togakushi shrine is said to have been founded 2,000 years ago and enshrines the deities who brought light back to the world.
In total there are 5 shrines, with a 2km trek surrounded by ancient forests between each of the lower, middle, and upper shrines. Today we’re visiting Togakushi’s upper shrine which worships the deity who grabbed and threw away the stone door to give thanks for the sunny spell we’ve been having, and to marvel at the 400 year old trees leading up to it.
📍LOCATION
Togakushi Shrine, Nagano (戸隠神社、長野県)
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EP 01 : https://youtu.be/XrYCUmCSvT4?si=KZWaYqyN2xMxdC4o
EP 02 : https://youtu.be/dH98K1hygjo?si=Ao84xBRdQaJ0MyHW
EP 03 : https://youtu.be/3JMLyOU9HZ0?si=0MgSetlQ44wySJnT
EP 04 : https://youtu.be/QpeYu2aCPOM?si=_PhL4fAQ7LI9Lbxp
EP 05 : https://youtu.be/8UWQOjKIzMM?si=CdSWn_M7v-JPqvx-
EP 06 : https://youtu.be/2BA_4SaiWAg?si=DvEISoWvt2tDwbwO
EP 07 : https://youtu.be/21i6CcaePAU?si=6pjt4dRqoacjxLd3
EP 08 : https://youtu.be/6v0OTUtoCdM?si=8evgFunNuFqRr1kE
EP 09 : https://youtu.be/tpNfjoW34-g?si=Ui4YyrULUWerWeuq
EP 10 : https://youtu.be/VibY66n19ck?si=GvAhSRlSApBr8AJG
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