Naritasan Shinshoji Temple

The Naritasan Shinshoji Temple got close to by the nickname of "the Fudo state of Narita" is the head temple of the Shingon Buddhism intellect mountain group.  

It is one of the best sacred place in the whole country with history 1,000 years or more.
Even if the Naritasan of January comes whenever, a New Year's visit to a Shinto shrine feeling can be tasted.

When I enter at the front in an outer gate, and I pass through the Deva gate with the big lantern, and I go up for a long time on sudden stairs, Daihondo Hall soars solemnly as if we are wrapped up at all.

A wonderful Shinto straw festoon decoration known as how to knit peculiar to Naritasan called "照範 (carry make out) じめ" greets all of the New Year's visits to a Shinto shrine in front of Daihondo Hall.

In the inner sanctum of the Daihondo Hall, in January, I begin in goma in morning of 6:00 a.m., and it is done Osamu Iwao goma hourly day after day until the evening.
The goma is a solemn ascetic practice to be continued since a Naritasan founding without missing it every day.
For more details, please see a Naritasan Shinshoji Temple homepage (http://www.naritasan.or.jp/ （External link)).

The Naritasan Shinshoji Temple has a lot of highlight!
Light temple, Shakado of the old main hall of a Buddhist temple and triple tower, Deva gate, five of the ex-voto gallery are appointed by a country important cultural property.

In the light temple, Ragaraja with the benefit is laid in state for matchmaking.
A good match is seen, and a lottery is drawn, and entrust a votive tablet of matchmaking with a wish.
How about charging power to win love?

A Buddha's five hundred disciples carves it to an outer wall of Shakado and is crowded, and the prayer of the good luck charm is held.

When there is it, benefit of business prosperity, the good luck accomplishment, the fire prevention is informed success in life good luck Inari shrine in the small hill and shows the turnout in many believers.

In the Okuyama open space near Shakado, Souvenirs Monoya and a restaurant link the eaves.
Fortune-telling places (tell a place) form a line on the Daihondo Hall side of the open space. It will be good to see a fortune of one year at the beginning of a year.

Stalls selling a souvenir shop and a restaurant, the lucky charm like New Year holidays form a line in open space Doniwa under the Deva gate.
 May the person looking forward to meeting the proprietress of the same shop come every year?
The conversation with the various places of the shop of the land is one of the pleasure of the trip, too.

You extend a trip by way of prayer only a little, and please enjoy the walk of the Naritasan park.
The turnout of New Year holidays softens a little, and the walk while feel Nature is good; will be refreshed.

A Naritasan park spreading out in the depths of the Naritasan Shinshoji Temple Daihondo Hall is 165,000 square meters of large gardens.
It is got close at all to a plum, cherry blossoms, the fresh green to tell coming of spring in Naritasan as the oasis where autumn colored leaves, the seasonal expression including the snow scene can be enjoyed by and a citizen of the prayer.

There are Naritasan peace Daito and Naritasan Museum of Calligraphy in the corner of the park.
There is the stone tablet of well-known writers including Basho Matsuo and Kyoshi Takahama at each site in the park.
The footprint of ancient people is touched, and how about enjoying walk while feeling culture?

Reference

Naritasan Shinshoji Temple
TEL 0476-22-2111 (main)
Address 1, Narita, Narita-shi

Naritasan Shinshoji Temple formula homepage

• http://www.naritasan.or.jp/ （External link)

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Naritasan Museum of Calligraphy
"The paper of the New Year temporary exhibition book"