Anji Kamo shrine

Anji Kamo Shrine is in Himeji-shi,
Hyogo Yasutomi-cho (old Yasutomi-cho, Shiso-gun), and is also called the alias hydrangea shrine. If it becomes at the time of a hydrangea in the precincts of a temple as the name suggests,
various hydrangeas will make various flower bloom.

The origin of Anji Kamo Shrine has the history of having been built as a guardian deity of the estate of Anji which was in this place once as the other self of the Kamigamo shrine in Kyoto, and although an erection fiscal year is unknown, it is also called Heian period. It is said that Yoritomo Minamotono contributed the estate of Anji to the Kamigamo shrine as land of God in 1184 of the Heian period last stage, and it is said whether it deified Ikazutinokami to the estate of Anji used as an estate as the other self of the Kamigamo shrine at this time. At this place, it has come to play a role of Soja of the estate of Anji as the estate local tutelary deity since then. It seems that, as for another god of thunder, Michizane Sugawara's Tenjin faith has relation not a little. 1723 in the middle of the after that Edo period -- a music cost daimyo of those days -- the Anji han -- it is said by main Mr. Ogasawara that shrine pavilions were built. Moreover, in the precincts of a temple, middle shrines, such as Anji Inari and the Benzaiten, are located in addition to Kamo Shrine. Now, although it is Anji Kamo Shrine with such a history, in the hydrangea garden in the precincts of a temple, there is a hydrangea said about 8000 shares, it will be in full bloom early in July from around the end of June that is best-time-to-see time, and temporary peacefulness will be given. The vermillion-painted shrine which deified the Benzaiten around the hydrangea garden of the precincts of a temple is built in Shin-ike, and it ensconces in the center in arch type Bentembashi. It becomes an accent, when this Bentembashi and Benzaiten have also released peculiar vermilion color and photo a hydrangea. Moreover, the event of the Yasutomi-cho hydrangea festival is also performed on the Saturdays and Sundays at the end of June. In fact, the flower of the town of old Yasutomi-cho is this hydrangea. the signal of the Anji north which it got down at the Chugoku Expressway Yamasaki interchange, and access took the course in the direction of Himeji, ran the national highway No. 29 line to it for a while, and was gone down across the Anji peak -- left turn -- it turns left once again immediately and passes through the bottom of the China way, and although it is a little puzzling, the thin street in a residential street is progressed along with a signboard. Although the village of the hydrangea of Yasutomi-cho is also next to Anji Kamo Shrine independently, it rises at the following opportunity.

Early morning Anji Kamo Shrine	Best time to see of a hydrangea	8000 shares of hydrangea gardens	Photography by ISO 800
A white frame and a blue petal	A white frame and a blue petal	It is that red enters spots to a blue frame.	Close-up
A white hand ball hydrangea	The frame hydrangea of the Shin-ike this side	The hydrangea garden in Anji Kamo Shrine	The stock and shrine pavilions of a frame hydrangea
The building of Bentembashi and the Benzaiten	Bentembashi and the hydrangea which are seen from the west side in Shin-ike	The stock of a hand ball hydrangea	Amount hydrangea of red
Project Bentembashi	A drop after the rain	One drop after the rain	Building of the Benzaiten and the garden of a hydrangea