Hirose Taisha is an ancient water-deity shrine enshrining Wakaukanome-no-mikoto as its principal kami, situated at the confluence of three rivers in the Yamato Basin. Designated as one of the middle seven of the Twenty-Two Shrines, it has been venerated by the imperial court since antiquity as a guardian of bountiful harvests and the blessings of water. The Sunakake Matsuri (Sand-Throwing Festival…
The exact founding date of Hirose Taisha is unknown, but the shrine is said to have been venerated as a water deity from ancient times at the confluence of the Yamato, Soga, and Asuka rivers in Kawai. The earliest reliable historical record appears in the Nihon Shoki, which notes that in 675 (Empero…
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