Junisyo Shurine
Junisho Shrine in Mona, Tateyama City, is located deep in the forest and enshrines Kunitokotachi no Mikoto. The pair of lanterns on the stairs were donated in September 1832 by the villagers Yada Tarouemon, Wada Kirabei, Yada Yasuuemon, and Ishii Yagoemon, who acted as caretakers, and 21 other donors are also listed. The fire box is engraved with a note that it was repaired after it collapsed in the Great Earthquake of 1923. The words “Wada Tsunetaro repaired the TASU” on the fire box The shrine to the left of the worship hall is the Konpira Shrine, which was moved from another location in the village. To the right of it is a stone shrine carved into the rock wall, with a square water basin placed below it.
The words “Wada Tsunetaro repaired the TASU” on the fire box
The shrine to the left of the worship hall is the Konpira Shrine, which was moved from another location in the village. To the right of it is a stone shrine carved into the rock wall, with a square water basin placed below it.
The water basin was donated by Ishii Toemon and Ishii Taniemon of the village in 1805. Next to it is a stone monument from when parishioners restored the shrine in 1892.
The Taro Festival, which has been designated an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property of Japan, is held for three days every year from February 19th to 21st.
The taro is grown and donated by “Tsumibannakama,” groups of two parishioners. A pair of offerings is made up of about 90 taro roots piled up in a mountain shape, which are then carried and offered to the shrine.
