This is a walk around the Iida Line, but it’s not about the mountain area.
After leaving Hiraoka on the limited express “Inaji 2”, I get off at Toyokawa, which is one stop before the final stop, Toyohashi, about 15 minutes away. This time I’m going to stop by Toyokawa Inari, a famous old shrine in the Mikawa region.
I had relatives living in this area at one time, and I was brought here several times when I was a child. I must have visited Toyokawa Inari more than once, but for some reason I don’t remember it very clearly. Maybe if I visit again and take some photos, I’ll remember it.
Since I was taking a short trip on the Iida Line, I thought there was nothing wrong with stopping by Toyokawa, which is on the line, so I came here a few minutes’ walk from JR Toyokawa Station.
It’s an Inari shrine, at yhe same time it’s a Soto Zen temple, so it’s a solemn Honden(main hall of shrine)… or should I say Hondo(main holl of temple)? I’m not so educated that I don’t understand this kind of thing at all.
As an Inari shrine, so there is a pair of foxes, rather than the usual shrine’s guardian dogs, where there would normally be nothing in a temple.
Right side one’s dignified profiles.
There are also many votive picture tablets hanging on the shrine.
The fox-face-shaped ema is unique.
I walk around the large precincts, and I feel as if I’ve been here before as a child, or perhaps it’s just my imagination, and I feel a sense of unease.
The Okuno-in, with its tall sacred tree, is magnificent. It is said that this was once the main hall.
The Gate with its thousand banners is quite a sight.
After walking around and taking photos, I came to the uninteresting conclusion that I must have been here before, but I can’t remember.
But I felt refreshed, and the Mitarashi I had for lunch at a food stall was delicious, so I thought it was fine.
So, this short trip along the Iida Line, which took up eight articles, came to an end at Toyokawa Inari.
Thank you for reading to the end.
