I was interested in the pamphlet received at Yahiko Shrine with a genealogy and the explanation "The Ohkami of Yahiko Shrine is the great-grandson of Amaterasu-sama."
A bit long, but excuse me to quote it.

I learned the name of Yahiko Shrine about 15 years ago when I was tracking the relationship between the Kanematsu Auditorium of my alma mater and the architectural giant Chuta Itoh, which I later completed as a novel titled "The Story of the Auditorium Where Monsters Live"
From Meiji era to Showa period, Chuta Itoh was involved in the design and construction of many famous shrines and temples.

Heian Shrine, Meiji Shrine, Hokoku Shrine, Kasuisai Gokoku Pagoda, Yahiko Shrine, Uesugi Shrine, Gion Kaku, Earthquake Memorial Hall, Nakayama-hokkeji Holy Cathedral, Tsukiji Honganji Temple, Yushima Cathedral, Meizenji Temple、......

Yahiko Shrine was built in 1916 by the design of Chuta Itoh for the reconstruction due to fire.

Later, as his only Western-style architecture, he designed and built Kanematsu Auditorium of Tokyo Commercial College (now Hitotsubashi University) in the old-fashioned Romanesque style, when "Gothic architecture in university auditoriums" was firmly established. Moreover, the interior of the auditorium was mostly filled with ghosts and monsters handmade by Dr. Itoh himself.

The starting point of Tokyo Commercial College was the private school "Commercial Law School" of Arinori Mori, in which Eiichi Shibusawa, Yukichi Fukuzawa and others were deeply involved.
After difficult twists and turns from a private cram school to a public school, a few years after being promoted to a university through Tokyo Kosho (high commercial school), the Great Kanto Earthquake struck Tokyo and its Kanda school building was almost destroyed (1927). The relocation from the center of Tokyo to the wilderness of Musashino (now Kunitachi City) was decided.
The auditorium, the center of the campus, was blessed with the benefit of Kanematsu Company's donation offer, as well as a rich budget, and as a result, the construction plan went up to Dr. Chuta Itoh, professor of Tokyo Imperial University, an architectural giant at the time. Despite being super busy, Dr. Itoh took on all the design and construction, leading his influential force.
For more than half a year on his own, Dr. Itoh went out from Hongo of his university to Tokyo Station, and was rocked by a two-hour train one way far until the Musashino wilderness all the way. Why?

And the extraordinary history of this college that leads to this case, and also the involvement of historical figures starting with Katsu Kaishu.

For several years in my (Shigeru Koshiba's) 60s, I accompanied Mr. Tatsuo Nakamura, nearly twice my senior, and did my best to complete a certain research. The memory of finishing the long novel "The Story of the Auditorium Where Monsters Live" at the strong request of the senior is one of my precious experiences now.

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The Yahiko Shrine, contrary to my expectation, left nothing to remind me of Dr. Chuta Itoh. No one at the shrine seemed to know Chuta. I was greatly puzzled when asked, "Is it ITOCHU Corporation?"

This hotel is a famous inn around the neighborhood, needless to say, in Yahiko Village. Its appearance, the interior decoration, and the staffs' thoughtful hospitality. I surely had no complaint.
I ate meals twice, both morning and evening, and I was satisfied with everything, ...... menu, taste, and atmosphere of the dining room.
Unfortunately, the photos of this hotel itself are few with the cedar ball at the entrance and at mealtime. I'll leave some here.