Shinto Shrine (Jinnja) Photos

[AsahinaKimi]

Serene Desolation in Japan’s Mountains...a haunting photographic record of a village as it is slowly reclaimed by the forest from which it was hewn....“Jizō-san had some flowers. The graves were also well kept.

[ZombieHorde]

1. Cool photos. K&R&nt.

[FSogol]

2. K&R. n/t

[sudopod]

3. Thank you for posting nice things! :D nt

[edhopper]

4. Are those your photos?

The are beautiful .The old Torii gate is haunting,

[Nihil]

5. That looks *so* peaceful & tranquil!

What's the back story on that village?

Why was it abandoned to be "slowly reclaimed by the forest"?

Thanks for posting that (+ your other ones on Shinto aspects).


:toast:

[Lydia Leftcoast]

8. I can guess why it was abandoned

Japan's rural areas are losing population, due to the aging of the entire country and the disinclination of youth to take up farming. The few youth who are left drift to the cities, and the old folks gradually die off until there are so few people that the ones remaining decide to move elsewhere,too (perhaps in with relatives who live in a larger community or into an old folks' home).

[xchrom]

6. recommend

[frebrd]

7. K&R! n/t

[Odin2005]

9. Abandoned small towns make me sad.

I grew up in a little farm town of 500 people. Imagining Ulen, Minnesota in the future as decaying ruins disturbs me. :(