黒田官兵衛・長政父子が中津に入部した際に抵抗して、中津城内で謀殺された宇都宮鎮房の12人の侍女が、この地まで落ち延びましたが、黒田の追手に捕らえられて命を落としたという伝承があります。人々はこの出来事を憐れんで神社を建てて御霊を慰めたそうです。秋は参道両側のもみじが色づき、落ち葉が絨毯のようになります。

SPOT

御霊神社(御霊もみじ) (ごりょうじんじゃ、Goryo Shrine (& Colored Maple Leaves))

CONTETS

岩石に神仏をみる / 御霊神社と御霊もみじ

ADDRESS

大分県中津市耶馬溪町大字戸原 Google Maps

TEL

中津市耶馬溪支所 地域振興課
0979-54-3111
中津耶馬渓観光協会
0979-64-6565

A tale has been passed down that goes as follows: Upon resisting after entering Nakatsu, Utsunomiya Shigefusa was murdered at Nakatsu Castle by Kuroda Kanbei and the Nagamasa father and son. His 12 female attendants managed to run away as far as this area, but were eventually caught lost their lives at the hands of pursuers sent by Kuroda. People felt sorrow over this turn of events, and erected a shrine to console the deceased ones’ spirits. In the fall, the maples lining both sides of the pathway blush red and a carpet of leaves is rolled over the road to the shrine.


SPOT

Goryo Shrine (& Colored Maple Leaves)

CONTETS

Hidden in Stone, Glimpses of the Divine / Goryo Shrine and colored maple leaves

ADDRESS

Oaza Tobara, Yabakei, Nakatsu, Oita Prefecture Google Maps

TEL

Nakatsu City Yabakei Branch, Regional Development Department
0979-54-3111
Nakatsu Yabakei Sight Seeing Information Center
0979-64-6565