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Ancient shrine venerating Mt. Ikoma as a divine body — famous for Yamato's grandest fire festival, where torchbearers race down the slope
近鉄一分駅から徒歩5分
奈良県生駒市壱分町1527-1
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An ancient shrine at the foot of Mount Ikoma, serving as the tutelary shrine of Ikoma City and listed in the Engishiki register of shrines. Its founding date is unknown, but tradition holds that it has stood here since before the legendary eastern expedition of Emperor Jinmu, preserving the character of ancient mountain worship centered on Mount Ikoma as its divine body. The fire festival held eve…
Ikoma Taisha is an ancient shrine that venerates Mount Ikoma itself as its divine body, with origins said to predate the legendary eastern expedition of Emperor Jinmu. The principal deities, Ikoma-tsu-hiko-no-kami and Ikoma-tsu-hime-no-kami, are understood as the divine spirits of the mountain, refl…
Finding a partner, romantic success, marital harmony. Famed at Izumo Taisha, Jishu-jinja, and Kawagoe Hikawa.
Derived from the enshrined deity "伊古麻都比古神・伊古麻都比売神"
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