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A Gion-worship shrine near the Ramsar-listed Yatsu tidal flats — the summer Gion Festival preserves Heian-era plague-warding faith
5 min walk from Keisei Yatsu Station
3-chome Yatsu, Narashino, Chiba
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Yatsu Yasaka Shrine, enshrined in Yatsu, Narashino, is a shrine of Gion worship enshrining Susanoo, and is the guardian of the Yatsu area. Gion worship is known for its blessings of plague-warding and evil-warding, and the summer Gion Festival has become a seasonal tradition of Yatsu. Yatsu was once a fishing village with tidal flats along Tokyo Bay, and also served as a place for fishermen's safe…
Yatsu Yasaka Shrine is traditionally said to have been founded around 1100, during the late Heian period. Its principal deity is Susanoo, and the shrine was established as a place of Gion worship, tracing its origins to Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto. From the medieval period through the Edo era, Yatsu was …
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Derived from the enshrined deity "素盞嗚尊"
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