Typhoon 21 left scars on Kehi-jingu Shrine

A big tree was fallen on Tsunuga-jinja Shrine, one of the auxiliary shrines of Kehi-jingu Shrine.

On September 7th, soon after typhoon 21, which caused great damage in various places, has gone, I visited Kehi-jingu Shrine in Tsuruga City, Fukui Prefecture. Though in Fukui Prefecture we had relatively little damage by this typhoon, there were a lot of scars caused by the windstorms in the precincts.

One of the supporting pillars of the torii gate in front of the hall of worships were broken, and the trees were fallen down here and there. None of the staff who worked for a long time have ever seen such damages.

Beginning with heavy snow, we had a series of big disasters such as heavy rains, unbearable heat, earthquakes and typhoons in Japan this year. I thought once again that nature is the biggest threat to humans.
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Torii gate with the broken pillar.

A natural treasure, the eucalyptus tree also appears to be miserable.