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Hitachiota Nishi-kanasa Jinja
茨城県
Mountain shrine on Kanasa known for the Isode Grand Festival held once every 72 years, Japan's rarest interval
30 min by taxi from JR Hitachiota Station
1915 Kami-Miyakawachi, Hitachiota, Ibaraki
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An ancient shrine on Mount Kanasa in Hitachiota, nationally known for its once-every-72-years grand festival.
Enshrining Okuninushi and Sukunahikona, revered as nation-building deities.
Nishi-Kanasa's "Isode Grand Festival" is held once every 72 years, the longest-interval festival in Japan; the most recent was held in 2003, with the next scheduled for 2075.
Mount Kanasa stands 402 meters high, a …
An ancient mountain worship shrine said to have been founded in 857 CE.
Mount Kanasa has been known as a mountain worship sacred site since ancient times with ascetic training.
Okuninushi and Sukunahikona are nation-building deities revered as Hitachi Province guardians.
The once-every-72-years gran…
Flourishing trade, new-shop openings, successful deals. A central prayer at Inari and Ebisu shrines.
Derived from the enshrined deity "大己貴命・少彦名命"
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