A while ago I was looking for Tochii Shrine, and got lost. I get lost all the time, but this time I got COMPLETELY lost. There were no road signs, no one to be seen, nothing to indicate where in the world I was. I drove around a small Fukui village for about an hour, and finally spotted a shrine. It wasn't what I was looking for, but it looked so wonderful! My found-by-chance shrine stood in a silent forest as though it was built only for me and had waited for me for centuries. There was no one else there, and I spent mystical, romantic moments with this spiritual shrine all by myself. What bliss!
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Hakusan Shrine in the Fukui Forest
A chance encounter with a jewel deep in the woods
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Nicole Bauer
9 years ago
I love this kind of shrine in the middle of the forest! Very well captured, thank you!
Thank you Nicole, it was so beautiful and I was lucky to have found it!
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