Karasaki Jinja

Small shrine with a nice view

From Karasaki station, it takes around 15 minutes walk. The shrine isn't big. You can finish exploring by just 10 minutes. But it's really good for spending time to enjoy Biwako view. There's a little...

The view is wonderful.

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I didn't know anything about Karasaki Shrine in advance. I went to eat soba nearby and found Karasaki Shrine in front of the Mitarashi dumpling shop I happened to find. I decided to worship while I was baking dumplings. The back of the shrine faces Lake Biwa and the view is very good and the wind was pleasant. There was a pine called Reimatsu (I checked it later). It is a big pine that seems to have been splendid in the past, but for the treatment of the weak place, several large branches are cut off ...

I want OMI Fuji on the other side.

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It is a shrine closely related to Hiyoshi Taisha Shrine, and the precincts facing the shore of Lake Biwa overlook Omifuji on the opposite bank, and the scenery is wonderful.

Omi Hakkei 'rain karasaki'

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I stopped by while driving from Kyoto on the west bank of Lake Biwa. The precincts faced Lake Biwa and the large Karasaki pine trees were spectacular. It was also drawn in Hiroshige's "Rain Karasaki".

it's a shrine.

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For the time being, I visited the place where the shrine is located, so I visited here. Apparently, it's lunch break? It was a pity that I couldn't talk without the people involved.