Chapter 48 Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine
Kamakura is an ancient city on the coast. It has a history of thousands of years since Yoritomo Minamoto founded the Kamakura Shogunate and the samurai ruled Japan. It is the third well-known ancient capital in Japan after Kyoto and Nara.
Just walking on the streets of Kamakura, I don't feel the prosperity of Kyoto, nor the rich historical heritage of Nara.
Kamakura gives people a feeling of tranquility and peace. The gentle sea breeze brings only tranquility and leisure.
Walking through the streets and alleys of Kamakura, modern and ancient buildings complement each other without any abruptness. All you can feel is harmony and harmony. In addition, on the other side of the city is the blue sea, which can be seen at a glance
, the scenery where the sea and the sky meet will make even the most depressed people feel a lot more open-minded.
Holding his girlfriend's hand, Chen Yu rarely enjoyed such a relaxed and comfortable feeling while walking on the tree-lined avenue surrounded by greenery, heading towards Tsuruoka Hachimangu Shrine.
"Chen Yu-kun, is this your first time coming to Kamakura?" With Chen Yu holding her hand, Hiromi Jonouchi's heart was filled with sweet feelings. Even though she didn't speak, Hiromi Jonouchi felt that something was missing, so she took the initiative to challenge
The topic came up: "You were studying in Tokyo before, didn't you come here during the holidays?"
Hearing Hiromi Jonouchi's question, Chen Yu just smiled, shook his head slightly and said: "At that time, my studies were very heavy, and all kinds of daily homework had already taken up my time. In addition, I had to work part-time after school, so I didn't have the time.
I have too much free time. As for the holidays, I am busy doing research and experiments, so I don’t have much time to go out and play. In addition, I have to go back to my country every year, so I have never been to Kamakura.”
"It seems that Tokyo University is not as beautiful as imagined! At least your college life is much more boring than mine! I traveled all over Tokyo with my friends at that time!" Hiromi Jonouchi said.
With a proud expression on his face, he smiled at Chen Yu: "In that case, let my sister take you to visit Kamakura! This is the holy land of the samurai family!"
Seeing Hiromi Jonouchi's excited look, Chen Yu naturally did not want to spoil his girlfriend's interest, and allowed her to pull him through the tree-lined avenue to the water house.
"Chen Yujun, let me tell you, the part of the boulevard we just walked through that is higher than the driveway is called Dange. It was the founder of the Kamakura shogunate, Minamoto Yoritomo, to pray for the success of his wife Hojo Masako.
The production building has a history of nearly a thousand years." Hiromi Jonouchi was washing his hands with the water ladle in the hand water house while telling Chen Yu the historical allusions of Tsuruoka Hachimangu Shrine.
When she mentioned "thousand years of history", a proud expression appeared on her face.
Chen Yu didn't care about his girlfriend's little pride. He just pinched the bridge of her nose lovingly. After a while, he washed his hands with a ladle and walked into Tsuruoka Hachiman with her.
palace.
In fact, when Chen Yu and Hiromi Jonouchi just passed through the torii gate in front of the tree-lined avenue, they had already entered the divine realm of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine.
In Japanese culture, the meaning of the torii is the gateway to the place where the gods live. The purpose of erecting the torii is to tell people who come to worship that behind the torii is the place where the gods live, and mortals must remain in awe.
Except for a strange one who builds a thousand torii gates, no shrines in Japan have multiple torii gates. Generally, only one torii gate is built at the entrance of the shrine approach to mark the boundary.
In fact, from the moment he stepped across the torii gate, Chen Yu had already felt the extraordinaryness of this thousand-year shrine.
The power of faith accumulated over thousands of years is extremely astonishing.
For ordinary people, this is of course something invisible and intangible, but in the eyes of Chen Yu, who has gained an improved life level, what these millennia of faith have gathered together is a beam of light that almost reaches the sky.
And in the entire Tsuruoka Hachiman Palace, all the places shrouded by the power of faith, there is a pressure that makes Chen Yu feel insignificant, but still makes him feel as heavy as a mountain.
This pressure does not originate from the power of faith, but is radiated from the entire Tsuruoka Hachimangu Shrine. It seems that every flower, grass, and brick is the source of this pressure.
"Enchantment? God's Realm? It seems that you have come to the right place!" Chen Yu secretly admired in his heart. This extraordinary existence in front of him, which is obviously different from the power of faith, obviously corroborates his speculation. It does exist in this world.
The application of extraordinary power.
Judging from the fact that the source of the pressure was these ancient buildings, Chen Yu judged that this should be a method deployed during the construction of Tsuruoka Hachimangu Shrine. As for whether such a method existed now, he did not know, but from the entire building in front of him,
Judging from the integrated feeling of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine, it is obvious that this method has been maintained well for nearly a thousand years.
Walking in Tsuruoka Hachimangu Shrine, Chen Yu did not completely let go of his perception, but just visited this thousand-year shrine with Hiromi Jonouchi like ordinary tourists.
As for the black cat Otis he brought, he was carrying it in a backpack and carrying it on his back. But Otis was not in a good condition at this time. The whole cat huddled up in the backpack, including its tail.
The tip is trembling.
Apparently, the pressure coming from Tsuruoka Hachimangu Shrine made it feel fear and fear.
But it is obviously impossible for Chen Yu to leave just because of Odis' fear. The purpose of his visit this time is to explore Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine. It is impossible to leave until the purpose is achieved.
"Chen Yujun, look at the dance hall where a wedding is being held in front of you! That's where Yoritomo Minamoto asked Shizugozen to dance the white beat, but the dance hall hadn't been built yet. I came here for a study trip when I was in high school.
I also told my classmates that I would hold a wedding here in the future, but now that I think about it, it was really a naive idea!" While introducing the historical allusions of the dance hall to Chen Yu, Hiromi Jonouchi also sighed as his memories were triggered.
Regarding Hiromi Jonouchi's sigh, Chen Yu thought for a moment and then asked her: "Is it troublesome to get married here? If so, how do I apply?"
"Uh, um..." Hiromi Jonouchi obviously didn't expect Chen Yu to ask this, and she really didn't know how to apply for a wedding at Tsuruoka Hachimangu Shrine.
Just when Jounouchi Hiromi was stuck, a priest in white clothes and blue cross walked over. After bowing to the two of them, he said: "If you want to hold a wedding ceremony in front of the shrine at our shrine, you only need to apply to our shrine in advance.
All you need to do is register the wedding date and pay a fee. We have prepared the relevant clothing and dance music.
However, considering the protection of historical sites and the auspicious timing, the ceremony can only be held once a day, so you have to queue up to register, and the fee is about 200,000 to 250,000 yen."
After hearing the priest's introduction, Jonouchi Hiromi suddenly became interested. He grabbed the priest and asked him carefully about the details of the wedding ceremony in front of the priest. It wasn't until the priest explained the entire wedding ceremony in front of the priest in detail that he happily asked him.
Say thank you.
The priest didn't pay attention to this. After smiling and saying "you're welcome," he turned his gaze to Chen Yu, or rather the backpack behind him, and said in a serious tone: "Sir, the things in the backpack behind your back seem to be a little...
Chapter completed!