Retsureppu Shrine

Close to local life

Original Text

Walk west from Sakaecho Station on the Higashi Toyo Line １０ minutes. It is located just past Sakae Elementary School. The cherry blossoms are in full bloom in spring, the trees 々 grow around the precincts in summer, and the local festivals are held in autumn. Dotonto Yakiya-sama 々 I make requests and are closely related to the lives of the locals. Although small, you can enjoy nature throughout the four seasons.

Not big shrine

Original Text

It was on the west side of Okazu Airport. It was along the road, so I stopped the car and entered the precincts. There was a big cherry tree on the left side of the approach, and the cherry blossoms were in full bloom because it was Golden Week. There are guardian dogs on both sides However, the main shrine was rebuilt. It seems that Amaterasu Omikami and Sugawara no Michizane are enshrined.

Since I was little.

Original Text

Until I moved, I went to the shrine every year. I thought it was a small shrine, but it was beautifully renovated and looked big.

Only the name of the shrine tells the remnants of the old village.

Original Text

It is a shrine known for its strange name and many Hokkaido deities. I see, next to the torii gate along the Okaju Airport Line, there is a stone monument of Kuromikage with nine gods and benefits. You will be surrounded by the air that will be appreciated just by standing in front. The origin of the shrine is that in the middle of the Meiji period more than 100 years ago, a small shrine without a name enshrining Amaterasu Omikami started in the village called Rei 々 cloth due to the Ainu language Lep, which means "land without rivers". After that, God from Akita Prefecture ...

The approach is quite long.

Original Text

It was next to Sakae Elementary School in Sapporo City. The shrine is Shinmei-zukuri style and looks like a helmet decoration crossed on the roof. Retsu 々 Cloth is the name of the old village and the place name of the Ainu. The Ainu place name often represents the terrain. It is said that there is no land without the river 々 cloth, but Sapporo is rich in water and there are many spring water and small rivers. Was it unusual that there was no river?