Nagoya Shrine Visit Report 2025 Mizuho No.27 Shinmei Sha Shrine
December 22, 2025
I visited Nakayama Shinmei Shrine in Mizuho Ward, Nagoya, under a clear winter sky. This photo-based record highlights the torii approach, the worship hall, ...
Nagoya Shrine Visit Report 2025 Mizuho No.26 Shimokawa Inari Shrine
December 21, 2025
Shimakawa Inari Shrine in Mizuho Ward, Nagoya is a tiny urban Inari site wedged between residential buildings, defined by a vermilion torii approach ...
Stone Proverbs No.7 : Other People’s Mountain Stones
December 20, 2025
Stone Proverbs No.7: Even trivial mistakes, criticism, and failures from others can become a whetstone for self-improvement. Learn the origin, meanin...
Nagoya Shrine Visit Report 2025 Mizuho No.25 Kasuisai Akiba-sha
December 19, 2025
Kasuisai Akiba Sha in Nagoya (Mizuho Ward): a rare Akiba shrine with no torii gate, no stone lanterns, and no komainu. Visited on December 16, linked...
Nagoya Shrine Visit Report 2025 Mizuho No.24 Ukijima Shrine
December 18, 2025
A quiet shrine hidden in a park in Mizuho Ward, Nagoya. Ukishima Jinja features stone steps, komainu guardians, and a memorable shrine cat, plus refl...
Stone Proverbs No.6 : Two birds with one stone.
December 17, 2025
Many people assume “ichiseki nicho” is an ancient Japanese idiom, but it likely spread through translation and later settled into a compact four-char...
A New Okazaki City Stone Workshop Has Joined Japanstones.shop
December 14, 2025
New Okazaki City arrivals are now live on Japanstones.shop. A newly partnered stonemasonry workshop—our 14th maker—brings handcrafted Japanese stone ...
Nagoya Shrine Visit Report 2025 Mizuho No.23 Uchihama Shrine
December 12, 2025
Discover Uchihama Shrine in Mizuhoku, Nagoya — a small, stone-built sanctuary with a century of history, wartime scars, and quiet beauty. Visited December 10.
Kiyosu Shrine Visit Report 2025 No.3 Akiba Shrine
December 11, 2025
Discover Akiba Shrine in Kiyosu — a tiny fire-protection shrine near Hiyoshi Jinja. Explore how local shrines, disaster lore, and 2,000 years of Shinto belie...
Kiyosu Shrine Visit Report 2025 No.2 Hiyoshi Shrine “the head shrine that oversees the surrounding shrines”
December 10, 2025
Explore Seisu Sanno-gu Hiyoshi Shrine in Kiyosu – the head shrine of the old castle town, with Sanno Twenty-One Shrines, stone guardians and en-musubi...
Nagoya Shrine Visit Report 2025 Mizuho No.22 Kitagawa Tenmangu shrine
December 08, 2025
A small Tenjin shrine in Mizuho Ward, Nagoya, preserving over a century of local devotion. Discover its humble structure, bronze cow statue, and the legacy o...
Nagoya Shrine Visit Report 2025 Mizuho No.21 Hakuryu Shirine (White Dragon)
December 07, 2025
Discover Hakuryu Shrine in Mizuho Ward, Nagoya — a small neighborhood shrine where the legend of a white dragon lives on. Learn about its history, dual worsh...