{"id":2795,"date":"2017-03-01T21:55:04","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T12:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/japan-4seasons.com\/wp2\/?p=2795"},"modified":"2017-03-02T10:06:44","modified_gmt":"2017-03-02T01:06:44","slug":"%e5%a5%88%e8%89%af%e3%81%ae%e3%83%91%e3%83%af%e3%83%bc%e3%82%b9%e3%83%9d%e3%83%83%e3%83%88%e3%80%81%e3%81%95%e3%81%95%e3%82%84%e3%81%8d%e3%81%ae%e5%b0%8f%e5%be%84","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/japan-4seasons.com\/en\/nara\/2795.html","title":{"rendered":"Spiritual Place in Nara"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is an ancient road called “Shimo-no-Negimichi (a road for Negi (senior priests of Shinto shrine) underside),” connecting “Takabatake-Cho” in Nara-City to “Kasuga Taisha” Shrine. It is said that the “Negi” of the “Kasuga Taisha” Shrine lived in “Takabatake-Cho,” and they used the “Shimo-no-Negimichi” to go to the “Kasuga Taisha” Shrine. Now, the ancient road is also called “Sasayaki-no-Komichi, (a whispering alley),” and is famous as a spiritual or sacred place\u00a0(a place vibrant with a power or energy of the earth).<\/p>\n

At this time, we walked from the “Shiga Naoya’s Former Residence” in Takabatake-Cho to the “Kasuga Taisha” Shrine.<\/p>\n

The start point, the Shiga Naoya’s Former Residence.<\/p>\n

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The atmosphere became quiet in a few minutes from the house on foot.<\/p>\n

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The ancient road starts here.<\/p>\n

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Trees expanding right and left from the alley are primeval trees of Japanese Andromeda<\/a>. (The left photo shows flowers of “Japanese Andromeda”\u00a0I photographed them near the ancient road.)<\/p>\n

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In order to leave a shadow of its former self as it is, no human work is added. The alley is quite rough.<\/p>\n

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We went up the stairs.<\/p>\n

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“Ni-no-Torii” in the “Kasuga Taisha” Shrine.<\/p>\n

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Deer greeted us.<\/p>\n

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It took about 15 minutes from the Shiga Naoya’s residence to the “Kasuga Taisha” Shrine. We were\u00a0totally refreshed.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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