Ashikaga Orihime Shrine (Mt. Hatakamiyama)
Founded by the Ashikaga domain in 1705 as guardian of textile craft — famous for the 229-step 'Matchmaking Slope' approach and a night panorama certified as Japan Night View Heritage
Orihime Shrine on Mount Hatakamiyama in Ashikaga is famous as a deity of industrial promotion and romantic matchmaking.
Enshrining Ame-no-Mihoko and Ame-no-Yachichihime, it watches over Ashikaga's textile industry as weaving guardian deities.
The vermillion shrine on a hilltop overlooking Ashikaga offers panoramic views of the Kanto Plain.
The 229-step approach is called Enmusubi-zaka (Matchmaking…
Orihime Shrine was founded in 1705, invited by the Ashikaga domain lord as a guardian of the textile industry.
Ashikaga has been known since ancient times as a textile-producing area, with Ashikaga Meisen nationally famous.
To pray for textile industry prosperity, the two deities were enshrined on M…
📱
Get the app for a better experience
Auto stamp via GPS, offline access, and favorites tracking
Download on the App Store