Ise and Nagoya

Ise Shrines & Nagoya Castle (2006)

LINKS Ise Jingu. http://www.isejingu.or.jp/english/index.htm History of City of Nagoya. http://www.city.nagoya.jp/global/en/nagoyamytown/nagoya00011813.html From "My Travelogue Manga of Japan (Sans Drawings)," by Kat Avila, Sequential Tart, May 2006: Monday, 3 April 2006 ...I arrive at Ise-shi after six hours of slow trains from Osaka to see the Ise Shrines, but at this point I have already lost the light for any good photographs. I toss in the towel, leaving before I see anything significant. Filled with disappointment, I take a private train and a JR bullet train back to Osaka. I get back in half the time with a quick stopover at Nagoya Castle.
ISE SHRINES The following pictures are only of the Geku (officially Toyoukedaijingu, Outer Shrine). It was too late to go to the more impressive Naiku (officially Kotaijingu, Inner Shrine).
Before visit, temizusha wash basin for purifying one's self by washing hands & rinsing mouth.		alternate site for main sanctuary	in front of site of main sanctuary	rocks protected by shimenawa (sacred rope)
Tsuchi-no-miya sanctuary		Taka-no-miya sanctuary
CITY OF NAGOYA & NAGOYA CASTLE

on castle grounds	Nagoya Castle		Nagoya Castle