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Engishiki-listed shrine from 701 CE, famous for a 400-year-old wisteria and nationally designated sacred kagura dances
15 min by bus from Tobu Kazo Station
552-1 Kisai, Kazo, Saitama
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An Engishiki-listed shrine in Kisai, Kazo, enshrining Okuninushi no Mikoto and serving as guardian of the former Kisai castle town. The great wisteria in the grounds, over 400 years old, is a designated Saitama Prefectural Natural Monument. Its magnificent purple flower clusters bloom from late April into May. Sacred kagura dances performed at the shrine have been designated a National Important I…
The origins of Tamashiki Shrine are traditionally traced to around 701 CE, during the Taiho era, when Okuninushi no Mikoto was enshrined in the Saitama district of Musashi Province. The shrine is listed in the Engishiki Jinmyocho (927 CE), confirming its standing as an officially recognized shrine d…
Flourishing trade, new-shop openings, successful deals. A central prayer at Inari and Ebisu shrines.
Derived from the enshrined deity "大己貴命"
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