Kashima Shrine in Hinode, Itako is a shrine with Takemikazuchi-no-Okami invited from Kashima Jingu, a branch of Kashima worship in Itako. Kashima worship has penetrated deeply into Itako, which sits at the doorstep of Kashima Jingu, and this shrine is its symbolic presence. It offers blessings of lasting martial fortune and evil-warding, and in the warrior era received devotion from Hitachi warrio…
Kashima Shrine in Hinode, Itako is traditionally said to have been founded in the early 13th century, around the Kenni era (c. 1200), when the deity Takemikazuchi-no-Okami was invited from Kashima Jingu. Located at the doorstep of Kashima Jingu, the Itako region had long been permeated by Kashima wo…
Victory in contests, sports, and critical challenges. Rooted in warrior-deity shrines such as Hachiman and Suwa.
Derived from the enshrined deity "武甕槌大神"
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