Kokuryo Shrine, Chofu

The National Shrine is located on the KO-state highway, almost north of Nunita station. Because there are a lot of people in this season, I can quickly see them, but they are the same. The precincts are covered with shelves like vineyards. The color is purple as well as grapes, and this is what... Yes, it is a flower of the wisteria. The wisteria, which is called "Sendou", is 400 to 500 years old. However, it is covered with the branch so that the sunlight is blocked in the wisteria rack of 4m in height. I think this is the first time to see a large wisteria. I walked up to the end and looked up, what was that steel tower? When the explanation of the precincts was read, the wisteria which had been tangled in the big tree of the Zelkova, the Zelkova decayed by the lightning, and it extended to the pole which stood instead. The height of the telephone pole is 12m, and the vine which descended from the heaven side seems to be tangled in the Fuji shelf of 4m. This overwhelming scale, it is the terrible of the national territory Shrine. The feeling of volume of the Wisteria flower is one now that it was a little regrettable. The Takenji temple was also so, is not the momentum of wisteria flowers this year, or is the time off. This huge wisteria shelf fills the landscape with purple ears hanging long. I'm thrilled with how powerful it is. I will not be coming this year, but I would love to see such a scene someday. It was a shrine that only made me think so.