Visiting Aso Shrine again

In the afternoon, we had decided to take a drive🚗 to Aso Jinja (阿蘇神社), a Shinto shrine in Aso, Kumamoto. You probably know that the shrine's romon (tower gate) and the haiden (worshipping hall) both completely collapsed in the Kumamoto earthquakes five years ago. When we visited the following year, it was still under reconstruction😂

The shrine is always crowded: when I look around I saw lot of tourists from all over the country🗾 They want to see what it will be in five years😀

Aso Jinja's Romon (楼門). The reconstruction work of the tower gate is still ahead, and it is scheduled to be completed in December 2023. 

The brand new hall of worship was completed in August. It took five years to restore.