The Japan You Don't Know. The Sanctuary of Samurai and Townspeople

Junko Inari Shrine, 3-13-6, Nihonbashi Kayabacho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
Tokyo Metro Tozai Line/Hibiya Line Kayabacho Station
2 minutes walk from Exit 1 (Hibiya Line platform)

The home of period dramas, Matsuchiyama Shoten, with photos of Japanese people from 100 years ago
https://youtu.be/ROuLRok41cw

Jizo Bodhisattva, bound and granting wishes, Jizo Bodhisattva bound for 300 years, Ooka Echizen Nanzoin Jizo Bodhisattva
https://youtu.be/qolADfiU7SM

All soldiers survived, Koami Shrine, Tokyo's most powerful power spot for warding off misfortune, Getters Iida
https://youtu.be/y0PTc72MMXY

When you visit Tokyo's shrines, you're often surprised by the sacred places that have been protected by the people.
Floods, fires, earthquakes, war damage, and materialism.
A small shrine, a shrine on the roof of a building, a shrine directly under the highway.
Sacred places that are there for people in whatever form, and the guardians that protect them.
I made this video because I wanted to share these beautiful images.
Japanese landscapes and Japanese people of the past preserved in old photographs.
There is a Japan that seems likely to be forgotten. I really don't want to forget the forgotten Japan.
The photographs are around 100 years old, some are around 150 years old, and some are 85 years old.
Please feel a connection with people from the past.

Source
Children.Syracuse University
https://onlinecollections.syr.edu/objects/34056/children
History of Nihonbashi Ward, Vol. 4 (National Diet Library)
Two Women Sorting Tea Leaves, 1880s, Special Collections, Rebecca Crown Library, Dominican University
https://collections.carli.illinois.edu/digital/collection/dom_lantern/id/114/rec/136
Nagasaki, Japan. A samurai in kimono with his students on the roof of the building.Europeana
https://www.europeana.eu/en/item/437/item_NUJXDHITF6Y6IG4ZG53ZFD54AQF2NWSI
Portraits of a Samurai and of Two Priests.Europeana
https://www.europeana.eu/en/item/90402/RP_F_2016_76_2
Tending the Kiln.1914-1918.Elstner Hilton
https://www.flickr.com/photos/adavey/4943176094/

BGM
Amacha Music Studio
Narration by Ondoku-san