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A Suwa Shrine in Kisarazu enshrining Takeminakata …
10 min by bus from JR Kisarazu Station
Ukenishi, Kisarazu, Chiba
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A Suwa Shrine in Kisarazu enshrining Takeminakata no Mikoto, invited from Suwa Taisha in Shinano by Kazusa warriors. It served as a center of faith for farmers praying for abundant harvests. The autumn festival celebrating the harvest is an important seasonal event in the agricultural community.
Kisarazu Suwa Shrine is traditionally said to have been founded around the Kenkyu era (1190–1199), when warriors of Kazusa Province enshrined Takeminakata no Mikoto, inviting the deity from Suwa Taisha in Shinano Province. During the medieval period, Suwa faith spread widely among the warrior class …
Victory in contests, sports, and critical challenges. Rooted in warrior-deity shrines such as Hachiman and Suwa.
Derived from the enshrined deity "建御名方命"
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