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An ancient water shrine founded in 675 CE during E…
近鉄榛原駅からバス約35分「蟻通」下車徒歩5分
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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…
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;…
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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