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Kirishima Higashi Jinja
宮崎県
Guardian of the mythic Heavenly Spear on Takachiho Peak, a sanctuary of Kirishima
About 20 min by car from JR Takaharu Station, by Lake Miike
6437 Kabomuta, Takaharu-cho, Nishimorokata-gun, Miyazaki
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One of the Kirishima Rokushagonjin (six sacred shrines of Kirishima), standing on the eastern slope of Mount Takachiho overlooking Lake Miike, and dedicated to Izanagi and Izanami. It administers the summit of Takachiho as a detached precinct and enshrines the legendary Heavenly Inverted Spear (Amenonuboko) at the peak as its sacred treasure. Organized during the Tenryaku era by the ascetic monk S…
According to tradition the shrine was founded in the reign of Emperor Sujin. In the mid-Heian Tenryaku era (c. 947-957), the ascetic monk Shoku trained on Mount Kirishima and organized the Kirishima Rokushagonjin system of mountain faith, revitalizing this shrine as part of that sacred complex. The …
Safe Childbirth & Fertility
Finding a partner, romantic success, marital harmony. Famed at Izumo Taisha, Jishu-jinja, and Kawagoe Hikawa.
Derived from the enshrined deity "伊邪那岐命・伊邪那美命"
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