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A Benzaiten shrine invited from Chikubushima on Lake Biwa, with a precinct pond and island modeled after the original
12 min walk from JR Sotobo Line Oami Station
3005 Oami, Oamishirasato, Chiba
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Chikubushima Shrine in Oami, Oamishirasato, was established when the Benzaiten of Chikubushima on Lake Biwa was transferred here. Benzaiten is widely revered as the deity of the arts and good fortune, and is also said to bless music and learning. Tradition holds that merchants of Oami established it while praying for prosperity in business. A pond and Benten island have been installed in the preci…
Chikubushima Shrine in Oami is said to have been established in the mid-17th century, during the early Edo period, when local merchants of Oami sought the blessings of the Benzaiten enshrined on Chikubushima in Lake Biwa. Chikubushima has long been revered as one of Japan's most sacred sites of Benz…
Flourishing trade, new-shop openings, successful deals. A central prayer at Inari and Ebisu shrines.
Derived from the enshrined deity "弁財天"
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