Summary of shrines in Mizuho Ward, Nagoya Aichi Japan
Between Oct–Dec 2025, I visited 31 local shrines across Mizuho Ward, Nagoya—offering prayers, photographing each site, and recording quiet sacred pla...
Nagoya, Japan Shrine Visit Report 2025 Mizuho No.31 Tsugatacho Yama jinja
Visit Yama Shrine in Tsugatacho, Nagoya, a small sacred space marked by a stone torii, two lanterns, and a rare Tateyama Daigongen stele.
Nagoya, Japan Shrine Visit Report 2025 Mizuho No.30 Higashinomiya Shrine
A photo-based guide to Higashinomiya Jinja in Mizuho Ward, Nagoya. Discover Haccho-Nawate’s Meiji-era stone monuments, enshrined deities, sub-shrines...
Nagoya, Japan Shrine Visit Report 2025 Mizuho No.29 Hamashin Shrine
On Dec 18, 2025, I visited Hama Shinmei Shrine in Mizuho Ward, Nagoya. “Hama” means beach, and the precinct preserves a rare moon-waiting memorial to...
Nagoya, Japan Shrine Visit Report 2025 Mizuho No.28 Momonoki Shrine
On Dec 18, 2025, I visited Momonoki Jinja in Mizuho Ward, Nagoya—and found heavy machinery inside the grounds and no worship hall to pray at. A field-note st...
Nagoya, Japan Shrine Visit Report 2025 Mizuho No.27 Shinmei Sha Shrine
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, Japan Shrine Visit Report 2025 Mizuho No.26 Shimokawa Inari Shrine
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
Stone Proverbs No.7: Even trivial mistakes, criticism, and failures from others can become a whetstone for self-improvement. Learn the origin, meanin...
Nagoya, Japan Shrine Visit Report 2025 Mizuho No.25 Kasuisai Akiba-sha
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, Japan Shrine Visit Report 2025 Mizuho No.24 Ukijima Shrine
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.
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
New Okazaki City arrivals are now live on Japanstones.shop. A newly partnered stonemasonry workshop—our 14th maker—brings handcrafted Japanese stone ...
Nagoya, Japan Shrine Visit Report 2025 Mizuho No.23 Uchihama Shrine
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, Japan Shrine Visit Report 2025 No.3 Akiba Shrine
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, Japan Shrine Visit Report 2025 No.2 Hiyoshi Shrine “the head shrine that oversees the surrounding shrines”
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...