Chiryu Shrine, one of the most famous shrines on the Tokaido

I visited Chiryu Shrine in Aichi Prefecture. The information board states that Chiryu Shrine is one of the leading shrines on the Tokaido. It is one of the three major shrines on the Tokaido (Mishima, Atsuta, and Ikorifuna) and flourished as a temple town. Ikorifunajuku, which flourished around the shrine, was also a bustling post town on the Tokaido 53 Stations, and the temple town that stretches to the south of Chiryu Shrine still retains faint traces of the old Tokaido, where Ryounji Temple is located. It is now located under National Route 1 and the elevated National Route 155, so I couldn't see the shrine while passing by, and passed it by without stopping, but the area where the old Tokaido was located has a charming atmosphere that preserves the history of Ikorifunajuku, with the remains of Chiryu Castle, Ikorifuna Daimyojin all-night light, and nostalgic old town houses with blackboard walls. Within the shrine grounds is the Tahoto Pagoda, a nationally designated important cultural property. It is a structure from the Muromachi period and is very worth seeing. The other structures were constructed from the late Edo period through the Showa period, but the shrine building layout in Owari style, which is rare in the Mikawa region, has led to it being designated as a national registered tangible cultural property. It's definitely worth a visit! #tourist spots with a sense of history #tourism in Aichi Prefecture #visiting shrines