Izumo Shrine in Yamakata, Hitachiomiya enshrines Okuninushi-no-Mikoto and has been worshipped as the guardian deity of matchmaking and agriculture. The shrine was transferred from Izumo Taisha and demonstrates the history of Izumo faith reaching northern Hitachi Province. Located in the farmland along the Kujigawa River, it has functioned as a place for agricultural rites centered on rice cultivat…

Izumo Shrine in Yamakata, Hitachiomiya, is traditionally said to have been founded around 1100, when the deity Okuninushi-no-Mikoto was transferred from Izumo Taisha. It is believed that the Izumo faith spread into northern Hitachi Province through the Kujigawa River basin from the medieval period o…