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Hiko Shrine

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Open today at 9:00-16:30
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Japan, 〒614-8002 Kyoto, Yawata, Doi−44Map
Phone+81 75-982-2329
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  • kimitakas
    kimitakas
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    Not ordinal shrine

    Hiko Jinjya shrine is dedicated to the people relating with air aviation. Therefore this shrine is very different than other traditional shrines in Japan. The building of shrine is very modern.

    Reviewed on Nov 25, 2017
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    Aviation Qilian の Shenqian

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    It is a stainless steel torii gate, a Greek temple-style hall of worship, and a unique shrine. It was founded in 1915, and in 1891, a person named Chuhachi Ninomiya, who succeeded in a rubber-powered flight experiment, built a shrine at home. In 1889, Ninomiya saw a crow gliding without moving its wings, and started an experiment thinking that if it catches the wind, it could fly. In 1891, he succeeded in a rubber-powered flight experiment (flying a model). After that, manned flight ... powered by motorcycle engines

    Reviewed on Dec 23, 2022
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    Flying shrines

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    A shrine and museum made in memory of Tadahachao Ninomiya, who made an airplane. It was a mysterious shrine with airplane toys floating in the Chozuba, and airplanes were enshrined here and there. There was no sticker at Toyama Airport, so 〇 is 4.

    Reviewed on Dec 13, 2022
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    A rare shrine

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    Flying Shrine is a shrine built in his own residence in 1918 by Tadahachao Ninomiya, who first flew a powered airplane in Japan. It enshrines the spirit of the world's aviation martyrs

    Reviewed on Oct 12, 2020
  • asaka19691216
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    Ergong Zhongba と Yanう Meiji Times の Aviation Aircraft Investigator が Created した Shrine! !

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    Speaking of Yawata City, Kyoto Prefecture, Iwashimizu Hachimangu Shrine is the most famous, but Yawata City has many interesting places other than Iwashimizu Hachimangu Shrine. What I was particularly interested in was the flying shrine and Rakugaki Temple. It happened that I couldn't visit Rakugakiji Temple, so I was disappointed, but I could see the flying shrine. I entered from the shiny torii gate made of stainless steel. Here, an aircraft researcher in the Meiji period called tadahachi Ninomiya became a researcher of a backward aircraft ...

    Reviewed on Mar 17, 2020
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