館山神社

Very quiet but lonely atmosphere at the shrine, also spot to look up and admire Tateyama Castle

3.5
旅行時期：2024/04（約8ヶ月前）

by Cyberさん（男性）

館山クチコミ：2件

かつて館山城があった小高い山の麓にある神社。境内の敷地はそれ程広くなく、周遊するだけであれば30分と要しない。祭事以外は休日でも訪れる人が皆無に等しく、麓から館山城の模擬天守を見上げられるロケーションとなっているものの、何とも言えぬ寂しい雰囲気を漂わせている。それでも荒れ果てた神社ではなく手入れが行き届いており、地元住民に愛され続けている神社であることが分かる。
神社としてはかなり新しく、関東大震災の際、館山市内の多くの神社が倒壊したため、それらを合祀し、館山全体の鎮守として建立された。現在の拝殿も1929年に建てられたものである。鳥居は新しいが、境内の、特に手水石はかなり古いものがある。合祀の際、それぞれの神社から持ち込まれたものと考えられる。そういった、今はもう無い神社や歴史に思いを馳せながら、静かな境内を散策するのもいいかもしれない。

The shrine is located at the foot of a small mountain where Tateyama Castle once stood. The grounds of the shrine are not very large, and it takes less than 30 minutes to walk around the grounds. The shrine is not visited by many people except for festivals, even on holidays, and although the mock castle tower of Tateyama Castle can be seen from the foot of the mountain, the atmosphere is indescribably lonely. Nevertheless, it's not a rundown shrine, but a well-maintained one that is loved by the local residents.
It's fairly new for a shrine, and was built as the guardian of Tateyama as a whole, enshrining the many shrines in Tateyama that collapsed during the Great Kanto Earthquake. The current worship hall was also built in 1929. The torii gate is new, but the precincts of the shrine, especially the hand-watering stones, are quite old. It's thought that they were brought from different shrines at the time of establishment. It would be nice to take a walk in the quiet precincts of the shrine while thinking about the shrine and its history, which is no longer there.