Mita Hachiman Jinja and some other stuff

 This was taken at a construction site on the other side of Izumi Chuo. It shows something that may be unique to Japan. This workman is cleaning up the outside of the site. Construction sites usually have minimal effects on the neighborhood, because they workman clean up. Even the road guards sweep up any dirt dropped from the trucks that take away the extra dirt.

 This is the construction site by my condo. As I said before, the bags are full of dirt and will be used to construct a coffer dam.

 One of the construction workers was fishing while he worked.

 On the far side of the river, I visited the Mita Hachiman Shrine. I am not sure what the Mita means. The kanji read three rice paddies. Hachiman is the Shinto god of war and was very important before and during the Second World War. At one pre-war point when Shinto and Buddhism were coming together, Hachiman was designated as a Buddhist Bodhisattva. The torii at the entrance collapsed during the earthquake as did the stairs. It has now all been repaired.

 The shrine consists of two buildings. This small one and the larger one below. Both had the doors closed so it was not possible to see what was inside.

 This stele commemorated the re-construction of the shrine and lists the donors.