I don't recommend looking talismans and emas with light heart, because many are curses that can damage your psyche

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旅行時期：2023/02（約3年前）

by Cyberさん（男性）

東山・祇園・北白川クチコミ：4件

良縁を結び、悪縁を断ち切ることで有名な神社です。有名な神社ではありますが、境内は広くなく、周遊するだけであれば30分程度で済みます。しかも周囲はマンションに囲まれており、住宅街に埋没しているような佇まいで、意識してアクセスしようとしなければ通り過ぎてしまうかもしれません。
札・お守り・絵馬の購入や授与、祈祷受付は営業時間が設けられていますが（9時～17時30分）、神社そのものは夜間でも開いており、夜間でも参拝することが出来ます（初詣などの特定の時期であれば、深夜でも社務所は営業しています）。
この神社の最も有名なスポットは『縁切り縁結び碑』で、碑の下部には人が一人通れるくらいの穴が開いております。参道側の穴からくぐると悪縁を断ち切ると言われ、反対側からくぐると良縁を結ぶとされています。
『縁切り縁結び碑』に無数に貼り付けられている札や、境内の各所に吊るされている絵馬には、様々な人々の良縁結び・悪縁切りの願い事が書かれ、自由に見ることが出来ますが、軽い気持ちで見ることはお勧めしません。特に悪縁切りの願い事はもはや呪詛に近く、（全く関係なくても）見る人の精神にダメージを与えることも少なくありません。それもあってか、特に悪縁切りの効果は絶大なのだそうです。

The shrine is famous for bringing good connections and severing bad ones. Although the shrine is well-known, its precincts are not large, and it only takes about 30 minutes to make the rounds. Moreover, it's surrounded by condominiums, and its appearance is such that it is buried in a residential area, and if you do not consciously try to access the shrine, you may pass by it.
The hours of open for the purchase and awarding of talismans, amulets, and emas (votive picture tablets) and the reception of prayers are set (9:00 - 17:30), but the shrine itself is open at night and can be visited even at night (the shrine office is open even late at night during certain times of the year, such as Hatsumode).
The most famous spot of this shrine is the "Enkiri Enmusubi Monument," which has a hole at the bottom of the monument large enough for one person to pass through. It's said that if you go through the hole on the side of the approach to the shrine, you will break off bad connections, and if you go through the hole on the other side, you will have good ones.
The numerous talismans pasted on the "Enkiri-Renkou Monument" and the ema (votive picture tablet) hanging in various places on the temple grounds contain the wishes of various people for good or bad connections, and can be viewed freely, but I do not recommend viewing them with a light heart. In particular, wishes for the dissolution of bad connections are almost like curses, and often cause damage to the viewer's psyche (even if they have nothing to do with the wish). This may be one of the reasons why they are so effective, especially for breaking off bad connections.