反橋が印象的、住吉大社

日本全国に約2300もある住吉神社の総本社にとうとう行った。

事前にイメージしたより、広くはなかったが、本宮が4棟もあるのがとても不思議だった。

また、大きな鳥居をくぐった後に、反橋という太鼓橋を渡ったが、渡るだけでご利益があるらしい。

確かに少し歩きにくいので、足腰が健康でないと渡れないからなのかもしれない。

いずれにしても、今後各地の住吉神社をお詣りした際には、この反橋を思い出すだろう。

Impressive arched bridge, Sumiyoshitaisha Shrine

We finally visited the head office of Sumiyoshi Shrine, which has about 2,300 shrines throughout Japan.

It was not as large as I had imagined beforehand, but it was very strange that there were four main shrines.

Also, after passing through a large torii gate, we crossed a drum bridge called Sori-Bashi(arched bridge), which is said to bring good luck just by crossing it.

Indeed, it was a bit difficult to walk across, perhaps because you need to have healthy legs and feet to cross it.

In any case, I will remember this s ori-bashi bridge when I pay homage to Sumiyoshi Shrine in various places in the future.