History, Mechanical Dolls, and LanternsWakamiya Hachimansha sits in central Nagoya, between Sakae and Osu, on a block most people pass without noticing. The shrine has been in Nagoya considerably longer than the block has — its records date to 701, when it stood in what is now the Sannomaru district of Nagoya Castle. In 1610, Tokugawa Ieyasu needed that ground for his castle, so he moved the shrine to its current location in Sakae and simultaneo…
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