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Hirota Jinja
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Ichinomiya of Settsu Province — said to have been founded by Empress Jingu on her return from the Korean campaigns to enshrine the wild spirit of Amaterasu, and revered as the origin shrine of the nationwide Nishinomiya cult
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201
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10 min bus from Hanshin Nishinomiya or Hankyu Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi Station to Hirota Jinja-mae
7-7 Taisha-cho, Nishinomiya, Hyogo
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Shrine
Founded 201
1825 years
Enshrined Deity
天照大御神荒魂
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Buddhist Sect
Jinja Honcho (special-listed, Settsu ichinomiya, former Kanpei-Taisha)
Overview
Hirota Jinja, in Taisha-cho, Nishinomiya City, Hyogo, is the ichinomiya (primary shrine) of Settsu Province, enshrining the wild spirit (aramitama) of Amaterasu Omikami. Tradition holds that Empress Jingu, on her return from the Korean campaigns, received an oracle to enshrine Amaterasu's wild spirit at this site — an ancient origin recorded in the Nihon Shoki. The Engishiki Shinmyocho lists it as…
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Origins
According to the Nihon Shoki, the founding of Hirota Jinja dates to the first year of Empress Jingu's regency, around 201 CE. On her return from the Korean campaigns, the empress received an oracle to enshrine the wild spirit of Amaterasu in "Hirota-no-kuni," and built a sanctuary at Hirota in Mukog…
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Cleansing impurity, spiritual purification, driving away evil. Rooted in misogi ablutions and goma fire rites.
Derived from the enshrined deity "天照大御神荒魂"

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Minamoto no Yoritomo
First Shogun of Kamakura
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Hirota Shrine, an ancient shrine of Settsu Province said to have been founded by Empress Jingu, became a site of deep reverence among medieval warrior rulers. As the founder of the Kamakura shogunate, Minamoto no Yoritomo donated shrine lands and supported the restoration of its buildings, recorded alongside Masako, the Ashikaga, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi as a patron of the shrine.
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