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title: Maki Hachiman Shrine
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journey: https://karigurashijourney.com/en/episodes/setouchi-2/
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# Maki Hachiman Shrine

A little of each town’s story　/　Tadotsu, Kagawa

A Hachiman shrine on the shore of Awashima. The approach runs down to the sandy beach, and the torii gate seems to float on the water at high tide; at low tide you can walk right up to it. The enshrined deities are Emperor Chuai and Emperor Ojin, though no reliable record of the shrine's origins survives. Islanders call it "Umaki." One theory traces the name Maki to a horse pasture established on the island in ancient times.

Awashima, Takuma, Mitoyo, Kagawa

## This moment in the journey: At the shrine on the way home

At the end of a shaded path, a torii gate stood facing the sea: the seaside Maki Hachiman Shrine. Standing under the gate, I had the Seto Inland Sea in front of me and the hills of the far shore beyond.

I sat down on the sand and ate an ice cream. Snacks eaten at the shrine on the way home. Even now, as an adult, I find it just as much fun.

![A stone torii facing the sea, with a figure standing beneath it](https://karigurashijourney.com/img/setouchi-2/s50-1200.jpg)
- Sources: https://yousakana.jp/maki-hachiman-shrine
- Sources: https://www.gltjp.com/ja/directory/item/12133/

Read this scene in the full journey: https://karigurashijourney.com/en/episodes/setouchi-2/