English review is after Japanese
春に訪問。新しそうできれいな神社でした。サイズはこじんまり。さい銭箱にセンサーが入っているようで、お金を入れるとスピーカーから音が流れました。私たちのときは、「あなたは若返る。」とカエルをかけたシャレが流れました。(笑)
We stopped by the shrine and put coins in the offering box. It seemed that there was a sensor in the box. When we put the coins, the speaker played a recording. The recording said “あなたは若(わか)がえる(Anata ha wakagaeru - You will be young).” It is just a pun. In Japanese, we call frogs “かえる(kaeru).” They were wordplaying the rhyme. After we left the shrine, we heared other recording. It seems like there were some other patterns of...
Read moreCute little shrine in the middle of a busy shopping street. Unique stopover though the attraction really is the shopping street itself with great confectionary and...
Read moreかえる神社(加恵瑠神社) 2012年にできた新しい神社で かえる にまつわる神社。可愛いかえるの像、置物や灯ろうが迎えてくれる。げろ=かえる からネーミングされたとか。お賽銭を入れるとおみくじみたいに声が出てくる。新しいタイプ。 若い女性が利益やご縁を願い多く訪れるそうです。(商店街の方のお話)
Kaeru shrine
Kaeru jinja is new shrine that has 12 years history. This jinja god is frog. Gero resemble frog voice Gero . That is why jinja is named Kaeru shrine. When you insert coin as Osaisen, frog...
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