「Jino Shrine」Atsuta-ku, Nagoya City

 Since the beginning of the year, I visited shrines in the city for the first time.

The route started at Hibino Subway Station and went in the direction of Rokubancho, then to Shiratori-bashi Bridge, up along the Horikawa River, and back to Hibino Station.

The Women's Marathon volunteer briefing was held in this area to begin with.

While my wife was briefed twice from noon, I was only briefed in the evening. After having lunch with my wife near the venue, we went to a shrine located in the triangle.

I left Kami-san and headed south to Jinno Park.

We visited Jino Shrine, located in Jino-machi 1, Atsuta-ku, on the west side of the park.

Jinno-cho in Atsuta-ku, where the shrine is located, was established in 1936, and I have wandered there several times on my walking trips in the past.

The shrine is adjacent to the north side of the Jinno-cho Community Center, one street west from the south side of Jinno Park.

Above is a comparison of the Jinno-cho area in 1920 and today.

This area, where residences are now spread out, used to be a rural area on the west side, bordered by the Hori River, until a short time ago.

The Shirotori Line, a branch of the Rinko Line, can be seen near Shirotori Park, crossing a lumberyard and the Shirotori Bridge.

The Hyakkyoku Kaido, which runs north-south on the map, was built on the reclaimed embankment of Nakano-sotoshinden and Nakajima-shinden in the early Edo period (1603-1868) when Atsuta-shinden was developed. The highway connected Nagoya castle town and the southwestern part in the direction of Meitoku Bridge, and continued on the Tokaido Highway while turning west from the bottom of the map.

It was called "Hyakkyoku Kaido" because of its many bends.

The road, which was once called Hyakumagari, as well as the lumber yard and the Shirotori Line, have undergone rapid transformation. Today, not a trace remains.

The head office of Jino Shrine is set up facing east by the road, and the building on the left is the Jino Town Community Center.

The wooden Shinmei Torii gate stands at the roadside, and the shrine marker "Jinno Shrine" is to the left.

The shrine is not marked on the map either in the present or Taisho period, so its history is not clear.

View from the street in front of the shrine to the north.

The paddy fields of the past have disappeared and houses spread out.

Panoramic view of the shrine grounds.

The wooden Shinmei Torii gate was donated in 1980.

The shrine pavilion is built on the north side of the shrine grounds, facing south, and an old cherry tree stands to the right of the pavilion.

Panoramic view of the shrine grounds.

The shrine, enshrined on a three-tiered stone wall, is of the Shinmei-zukuri style, with six dried bonito trees and an inner shavings.

According to the theory, the shrine enshrines a goddess.

The deity is not known, but it is likely that Amaterasu is enshrined.

The date of construction is not certain. It is unlikely that a shrine was enshrined here in the Taisho era, when rice paddies covered the entire area, and it is thought that the shrine was enshrined to pray for the safety of the town after 1938, when the current town layout was created and houses began to be built.

It is possible that this shrine has marked time along with the history of the town's transition.

I do not know who I am worshipping, but I wonder if I am greedy to invest a small amount of money and pray for the safety of my family.

The Shinmei-zukuri shrine as seen from the road.

At this time of year, the precincts of the shrine were decorated with red camellia flowers as well as old cherry trees awaiting the coming of spring.

View of Kamino Shrine from the north side of the shrine grounds.

The small shrine standing at the corner of the town is the guardian deity of the town, enshrined with the birth of the town.

Jino Shrine

Founded / unknown

Deity / unknown

Location / 1 Jinno-cho, Atsuta-ku, Nagoya City

Public Transportation Access / 5-6 minute walk southwest from Hibino Subway Station

Date of visit / Feb. 12, 2023