The Ise Jingu shrine expressed as the spiritual home of the Japanese people, has tradition and history, and is famous as the best power spot of Japan.
Ise Jingu is the shrine that the people during the Edo period (1603-1868 CE) wished to come and worship at least once in their lifetime.
It is said that the population of Japan at that time was nearly 30 million people, and there is a record of maximum people visited during a year as 5 million people, and this means that one in six Japanese visited and worshipped the temple.
For a one-way trip to the Ise Jingu shrine, it takes 15 days from Tokyo, 5 days from Osaka, 3 days from Nagoya, and pilgrims have visited the Ise Jingu shrine even from Tohoku and Kyushu by walk.
It is said that takes 100 days to reach the Ise Jingu shrine from Kamaishi city in Iwate prefecture.
Initially, the comparatively affluent people save money as a group and their representative will go to visit the shrine. The aspiration for the pilgrimage of Ise Jingu keeps getting strong among the people who know the grace of the god in Ise Jingu. In the course of time, even the woman and the children from each region of the entire country assembled and had the aim to visit Ise Jingu
During the Edo period, the travel of the people was strictly limited, and no one would complaint if it is for Ise Jingu worship. If any of the employee says suddenly on a day that he is visiting Ise Jingu, it seems that the shop employer cannot stop him.
Perhaps they would have thought that stopping someone from visiting Ise Jingu would lead to the punishment of the self by the God.
Ironically, they might be in a convenient period before starting the travel.
Time has passed, and even at present, the belief to Japanese people towards the Ise Jingu shrine is strong, and if you would like to visit the most famous God in Japan, then the Ise Jingu shrine is recommended.
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