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Niukawakami Naka-sha
奈良県
An ancient water shrine founded in 675 CE during E…
Founded
675
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Shrine
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近鉄榛原駅からバス約35分「蟻通」下車徒歩5分
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Shrine
Founded 675
1351 years
Enshrined Deity
罔象女神
Overview
An ancient water shrine founded in 675 CE during Emperor Tenmu's reign, enshrined along the clear streams of Higashiyoshino Village and listed in the Engishiki as a Myojin Taisha. Since ancient times, black horses were offered to pray for rain and white horses to stop it — a custom widely regarded as the origin of the ema votive tablet tradition. The sacred cedar Kano-no-Osugi, over a thousand yea…
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Origins
Niukawakami Shrine (Naka-sha) is said to have been founded in 675 CE during the reign of Emperor Tenmu. It is dedicated to Mitsuhano-me-no-kami, a deity of water. From the Nara period onward, the shrine received deep reverence from the imperial court as a place of powerful efficacy for rain prayers;…
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Divine Benefits
Matchmaking
Purification
Abundant Harvest
Finding a partner, romantic success, marital harmony. Famed at Izumo Taisha, Jishu-jinja, and Kawagoe Hikawa.
Derived from the enshrined deity "罔象女神"
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