Thursday, November 7, 2013

Short Trip to Mie Part 2

On the second day I visited Ise in Mie.
In Ise there is a famous shrine.
The shrine is called The Grand Shrine of Ise.
This year 2013 is a special year for this shrine.
There is an event witch is called Shikinen Sengu(式年遷宮).
They have this event every 20 years.


On the year of Shikinen Sengu the buildings of the shrines get renewed.
New building are built right next to old ones.
On this special occasion there are lots of visiters there.


The gate in the photo is also newly built one.




This store house is one of the new buildings.
In the site there are so many newly built things.


The site of the shrine is quite big so it was very nice to enjoy walking and seeing new buildings there.


Close to the shrine there is the head store of Akafuku(赤福)
Akafuku is Japanese confectionery.
It is one of the most popular souvenirs in Mie.

My trip to Mie was only for 2days but I really enjoyed it.

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