A shrine in Togasaki, Misato City, enshrining Amaterasu as the deity of heaven and agriculture. The name Tensha means 'heavenly shrine,' venerated for protection of crops and weather in the flood-prone waterway farming region of Misato surrounded by the Edo and Naka Rivers.
Tensha Jinja is traditionally said to have been founded around 1550 (the 19th year of the Tenbun era). The name 'Tensha' denotes a shrine form dedicated collectively to the heavenly deities (Amatsukami), and the shrine is believed to have been established as a center of heavenly deity veneration in …
Cleansing impurity, spiritual purification, driving away evil. Rooted in misogi ablutions and goma fire rites.
Derived from the enshrined deity "天照大御神"
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