Tsubaki Grand Shrine

Appropriately located in the pacific northwest is the first Shinto shrine to be built in North America.  It is the Tsubaki Grand Shrine near Granite Falls, WA. It is a branch of the Tsubaki Okami Yashiro Shrine in Japan (over 2000 years old)   It is the real deal.  Reverend Koichi Barrish moved the shrine from California to it's present location along a small river in 2001.  I had my motorcycle blessed that day.   It definitely feels very spiritual here - a strong connection to nature.  The folded paper hanging from the rope in the photo concentrates the spiritals forces indicating that the path is a spiritual zone.  Pictures # 70, and 71: