Takeda Shrine
The main hall of Takeda Shrine.
Approach to Takeda Shrine Gate.
Inside of the main hall.
Back the side of the main hall.
Map the of Takeda Shrine.
History of Takeda Shrine
Takeda Shingen (1521-1573) was a famous warrior in Sengoku-jidai (the civil war era).
He was the ruler of Kai (old name of Yamanashi)
The red area was his territory at that time.
His father, Takeda Nobutor, started living in Tsutsujigasaki (Now the place of Takeda Shrine) in 1519.
His son Katsuyori lived in this place.
Three generations of the Takeda clan lived here and ruled Kai for 63 years.
Takeda Shrine was established in 1919 at the site of Tsutsujigaski.
Takeda Shingen is enshrined as a deity at this shrine.
Moats, stonewalls, and old wells are still preserved in their original shape.
Inside the shrine, there is a small museum that stores the Yoshioka Hitomoji, a Japanese sword designated as a National Cultural Property, as well as Takeda Shingen’s armor and fan.
Now, Takeda Shrine is registered as Natia on a Historical Site.
Every year, they have a festival on April 12, the day Takeda Shingen died.
The portable shrine is carried from Yuki Park (Outamachi Park), which is four kilometers away from the shrine.
Purification
Torii (Shrine Gate) is the entrance to a sacred space.
It would help if you bowed once at the Torii.
And enter the precinct.
It would help if you walked on the side of the path. Never walk in the middle, which is Beli, even the path left for God.
In the precinct, you can find,d the Chozuya (The Water Purification Basin) or Temizuya 手水舎.
The Chozuya is a Shinto symbolic purification facility found at every shrine in Japan.
How to purify yourself at the Chozuya.
1:Scoop up water in a spoon with your right hand.
2:Pour water over your left hand.
3:Switch hands with the spoon.
4:Pour water over your right hand.
5:Switch hands with the spoon again.
6:Make a cup with your left hand.
7:Pour water in your left-hand cup.
8: Rinse your mouth using water in your left-hand cup (don't drink and gargle) and spit it out on the ground.
9:Tip the ladle vertically so that the left of the water flows down, cleaning the handle.
10:Put it back to the original place.
※You should do all processes with only one cup of water.
How do you pray in the main hall of the shrine?
1:Tathe take off your hat and sunglasses.
2: Throw your coin into the offertory box.
※If you don't have a coin, you should throw it. You can pass this process. Heart is important!
3:Ring the bell.
4:Bow twice.
5:Clap twice.
6:Pray
7:bow once again.
Other facilities
The place that sells fortune at the shrine.
You can buy Omikuji Ema and Omanmori.
Omamori (the amulet or lucky charm): These help specific areas, such as traffic safety, business success, educational success, safe pregnancy, health, and more.
Omikuj (fortune-telling paper): It tells your fortune and advises you about various subjects such as work, examinations, trips, love, etc. Omikuji are tied tree branches to improve your outcome.
Ema (votive picture tablet ): You write your feelings of wishes and thankfulness for God and hang them in a shrine.
Noh Stage.
Noh play and a lot of events have been held here.
Takeda Shrine in the middle of the night
It's 10 p.m. now. Nobody is here. There is a dead calm. I feel a solemn silence.
New Year's Day of Takeda Shrine.
Main Gate of Takeda Shrine
In the precinct
Many people came to Takeda Shrine to pray for good luck this year.
Special event
The 500th birth anniversary ceremony of Kofu will be held in 2019.
Map
Kōfu-shi, Yamanashi-ken 400-0014, Japan
Information: Takeda Shrine
Zip, 400-0014
Address: 2611, Kofuchu-machi, Kofu City
Tel, 055-252-2609
Fax, 055-252-2600