Aug 23, 2014 - 1 min read

Takeda Shrine

Crowing roosters and a museum about a samurai hero

By Cathy Cawood

Community writer

Beautiful wood  carving

The main entrance, with its red bridge

Koi in what appears to have been a moat around the shrine

Up the steps and through the stone torii

The view from the top of the steps

Lanterns beside the path

The main hall of Takeda Shrine

Kitty-chan welcomes visitors to a kind of museum

A shallow but old-looking well

You will probably hear a rooster crowing as you walk around the shrine, and here it is!

Put your ear to the bamboo tube, and you will hear 'water music'

Another building on the shrine grounds

Takeda Shrine's elegant Noh stage

Poster about Noh performances

A sacred tree wears a rope garland with paper streamers

Takeda Shrine is a fairly new shrine, established and built in the early 1900s, but it was built on the ruins of 16th century samurai hero Takeda Shingen's fortified residence, which is why it boasts a semi-moat. There are also some interesting looking ruins behind the shrine, and a museum containing swords and armor and other artifacts related to Takeda Shingen. Trees and a large area of grass make the shrine grounds green and attractive in summer.

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