正月が明けた頃に、以前両親が生活していた1Fの部屋を片付けていたら鶴岡八幡宮のお札が見つかった。多分10年以上経過しているから薄汚れている。
Around the beginning of the New Year, when I was cleaning up the room on the first floor where my parents used to live, I found an Ofuda from Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine. It was probably more than 10 years old, so it was dirty.
※Ofuda is supposed to ward off bad luck
このまま捨てるわけにもいかず八幡宮に納めに行こうということになった。
We could not just throw it away, so we decided to return it to Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine.
さて、ワンコはどこまで入って良いのか､､､ 調べてみると奥の階段の前までは行っても良いらしい。だが、今日は平日だけどけっこう混んでいるのですぐそこに見える太鼓橋の手前までにして私とこなつママが交代で入ることにした。
I wondered how far dogs are allowed to go in the park, and found out that they are allowed to go as far as the stairs at the back of the park. Even so, it was a weekday today, but it was quite crowded, so we decided to take Konatsu as far as the arched bridge, and my wife and I would take turns going up to the end of the bridge.
ママを待つ間、橋の左側の平家池が見える辺りにいた。ここなら人も少ないし、こなつはビビらずに待っていられる。
While waiting for my wife, we stayed at the left side of the bridge where we could see Heike Pond. There were few people here, and Konatsu could wait without being scared.
ママが戻ってきたので今度は私が行く番。
My wife came back and it was my turn to go.
奥の方に古いお札やお守りを納める場所がある。
There is a place in the back to store old Ofuda (amulet)
八幡宮の八の字が鳩の形をしているのは有名な話だが､､､
It is well known that the figure eight in Hachimangu Shrine is in the shape of a dove…
境内には鳩がたくさんいる。
There are many pigeons, the symbol of Hachimangu Shrine, in the precincts of the shrine.
狛犬と､､､
Komainu (statue of dog, you will find them at the entrance of a shrine) and…
こなつ
this is Konatsu
これで今日やるべきことを済ませた。
This completes what we need to do today.
