古都京都の世界文化遺産・下鴨神社 / Shimogamo Jinja - Kyoto World Cultural Heritage

先週、僕はこのブログに葵祭関係があるの「上賀茂神社」を紹介しています。だから、今週「下鴨神社」を紹介してきます。
I had introduce to you 'Kamigamo Jinja' last week, hence I will be introducing 'Shimogamo Jinja' this week, which is related to 'Aoi Festival' also.

「下鴨神社」でたぶん一番人気の画は
The following would be the most famous picture of 'Shimogamo Janja'.

「下鴨神社」の楼門の写真です。
Photo of the Gates of 'Shimogamo Jinja'.

	境内の写真です。 Photos taken in the compound of 'Shimogamo Jinja'.

	「下鴨神社」に、十二支守護社以外、十二支の絵馬もあります。 In the compound of 'Shimogamo Jinja', you can find shrines for the 12 Mythology Chinese Zodiac. People tend to visit these shrines to pray for protection based on the year of the Chinese Zodiac that they were born in. You can also find wooden blocks with the 12 Mythology Chinese Zodiac imprint on it. You are suppose to write your wishes on the back of these blocks and hang it on a hanger located nearby.

	大炊殿 ここに古い料理用具が参観できます。きれい庭もあります。 「唐車」という昔の貴族の交通工具も見られます。 'Ooidono' You can take a look at the utensils that they have been using in the older days. Besides for the utensils, this place have a beautiful garden also. On top of these, you can also take a closer look at the transportation that the nobles have been using in the older days.

「下鴨神社」の周りの森 Photos taken in the forest around 'Shimogamo Jinja'

もし皆さん「下鴨神社」で参りたかったら、
葵祭りのために、五月の京都へ行った方がいいですよ。
（実は僕は「葵祭り」を参加したことがありませんでした。
しかし、インタネットの写真によると、その祭りが面白そうです。）
If you want to visit 'Shimogamo Jinja', for the sake of the 'Aoi Festival',
I would recommend you to do it in the month of May.
(Actually I have not participate in the 'Aoi Festival' before but according
to the images that was gathered from the Internet on the pictures of
'Aoi Festival', it seems to be a pretty interesting festival to participate in.)

附：へへ、これは「下鴨神社」の名物「みたらし団子」です。
Note: Whahahaha, the following are photos of the speciality 'Mitarashi Dango' located near 'Shimogamo Jinga'.

「みたらし団子」は、砂糖醤油の葛餡をかけた焼き団子です。美味いよ。 'Mitarashi Dango' is a kind of grilled 'Dango' with a sweet 'Shoyu' sauce pour on top of it. Oishiyo.

	これは「みたらし団子」の販売店「加茂みたらし茶屋」です。 This is the store that have been selling 'Mitarashi Dango', 'Kamomitarashi Chaya'.

* こちは「下鴨神社」の資料です。
^ こちは「干支表」の資料です。
# こちは下鴨神社名物「加茂みたらし茶屋」の資料です。
~ こちは僕が「下鴨神社」に撮るの写真です。
* Click here to find out more about 'Shimogamo Jinja'.
^ Click here to find out more about the Chinese Mythology Zodiac Calendar.
# Click here to find out more about the Speciality of 'Shimogamo Jinja',
  'Kamomitarashi Chaya'.
~ Click here for the photos of 'Shimogamo Jinja' that was taken by me.