no1-03.Katori-Jingu Shrine

Area:

Hokuso area

Sawara City

Categories:

Shrine

National important cultural property

Barrier-free:

Disabled Parking

Disabled toilet

Ramp

Wheelchair rental

Barrier-free level

Physically, the person is at a level where they can fully operate a wheelchair and move around, such as with lower limb paralysis.
In terms of facilities, there are some challenges, such as stairs and slopes within a certain range, but they are at a level where they can be used independently in a wheelchair.

Travel Theme:

Culture

Worship

Gourmet

①There is a magnificent lantern at the entrance of the approach, and the side of the approach is crowded with various shops such as restaurants and souvenir shops. After passing through the vermilion-painted large torii gate, a wide, gravel-paved approach road that gently climbs up continues for 100 meters.
②There are stairs under the vermilion-painted large torii gate, and a ramp in the center, but at the top of the ramp there is a fixed red fence, perhaps a parking lot. In order to get around the fence in a wheelchair, it is just barely wide enough for a regular wheelchair. On Omotesando, a gravel road that runs from the Otorii gate to the main gate, the gravel gets tangled with the wheelchair and it quickly becomes stuck.
③There is a vermilion fence at the end of the ramp in the center of the path that passes through the torii gate, making it difficult for wheelchair users to pass through, so we will introduce a route that will take you back to the first parking lot and take your own car to the disabled parking lot inside the shrine grounds. (advance notice required).
④At the west end of the first parking lot along the prefectural road, turn right at the sign for "Traffic Safety Prayers Entry Road," drive up the paved old approach road next to the parking lot, and head toward the main gate.
⑤Proceed along the old approach path and turn right before the stairs. It merges with Omotesando near the main gate, but the main gate has stairs, so pass through it and go up the paved slope further back. If you go down the paved slope to the right of the main gate, you will see a signboard with a wheelchair symbol and the words "Entrance", and you can enter the precincts from here.
⑥There is a parking space for people with disabilities next to the Suwa Shrine and the old shrine bill storage area. Opposite the toilet building, there is a short concrete ramp between the corridor and the Kagura hall, allowing wheelchair access by bypassing the tower gate stairs.
⑦The approach area near the shrine is paved with cobblestones, and the rest is paved with gravel, so you can walk all the way around to the back of the main shrine.
⑧At Katori Jingu Shrine, there is a waterhole where you can pour water at the shrine to the right of the prayer hall and in front of the shrine office. Omizutori is a good-luck method in which you take sacred water from a spring at a shrine, etc., and use it to "purify your mind and body" and "charge your energy."

Accses

Get off at JR Sawara Station and take a taxi for about 10 minutes. Buses are also available from JR Sawara Station.