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A fire-deity shrine invited from Atago in Kyoto — potters of Japan's Kasama pottery town have prayed here for safe kiln firings for over a thousand years
Approx. 10 min by bus from JR Kasama Station
Izumi, Kasama, Ibaraki
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Atago Shrine in Kasama is the base of Atago worship in Hitachi Province, enshrining Hinokagutsuchi-no-Mikoto, the deity of fire suppression. Invited from Atago Shrine in Kyoto, it has gathered regional devotion as the deity warding off fire. Kasama is active in the kiln industry as a pottery town, and faith is especially fervent among potters who pray for safe kiln firings. The shrine buildings ar…
Kasama Atago Shrine is traditionally said to have been founded around the Kanko era (1004–1012) when the deity Hinokagutsuchi-no-Mikoto was invited from Atago Shrine in Kyoto. It is believed to have early on gathered regional devotion as a deity warding off fire and served as the center of Atago wor…
Flourishing trade, new-shop openings, successful deals. A central prayer at Inari and Ebisu shrines.
Derived from the enshrined deity "火産霊命"
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