Have you ever heard of a rugby shrine?
The Sawata shrine is located in Kyoto within Shimogamo shrine (one of 17 UNESCO world heritage sites in Kyoto).
In this shrine, Kantama-no-mikoto is enshrined.
According to legend, the deity brings progress to all ball players.
There is an inscribed stone monument with the words “first kick site”.
After rugby had been introduced to Japan at the end of the 19th century, the students of Keio university taught rugby to the students of Kyoto university in front of Sawata shrine in 1910. In 1969, the former rugby players of Kyoto university built the monument stone.
The Ema (wooden plate of wishes) is sold at Sawata shrine in a box next to the Torii gate and amulets are sold at Kawai and Shimogamo shrine.
If you come to Kyoto, don’t miss it!
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Address：2-15, 59 Izumigawa-cho Sakyo ward, Kyoto city
Entrance fee: Free
Google map:https://goo.gl/maps/ky6pQgWo5NcNKneE8
Access
– Kyoto city subway (Karasuma line)
Get off at Kita-oji station, take the bus N.1 or N.25 (25 minutes) and get off at Shimogamo-jinja-mae or Tadasu-no-mori-mae station.
– Kyoto city bus
Bus N.4 or 205 from Kyoto station, get off at Shimogamo-jinja-mae or Tadasu-no-mori-mae station.
– Train (Keihan railway)
Get off at Demachi-yanagi station and walk 12 minutes
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Related videos
– Beautiful snow scenery in Kyoto, a snowy shrine in winter (Japan)
– Summer in Kyoto, Morning stroll at Shimogamo Shrine (UNESCO World Heritage Site)
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00:00 Opening
00:11 Start
00:34 Entrance
00:47 Map
00:54 Tadasunomori
01:45 Sawata shrine
02:40 Offering box
02:48 Bell
03:03 Monument stone
03:18 Ema
03:30 Jerseys
04:18 End
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