The Sosha (provincial head shrine) of Shimotsuke Province in Tochigi City, enshrining all deities of the province.
A Sosha is a shrine collectively enshrining all provincial deities, the first shrine visited by newly appointed governors.
It has occupied an important position as the political and religious center of Shimotsuke since ancient times.
The chief deity is Omonoushi, with various provinci…
Believed to have been founded in the early Heian period as the Sosha of Shimotsuke Province.
A Sosha is a shrine where all provincial deities were collectively enshrined to spare governors from visiting each shrine.
Adjacent to the Shimotsuke Provincial Office (present-day Tamura-machi, Tochigi), wh…
Flourishing trade, new-shop openings, successful deals. A central prayer at Inari and Ebisu shrines.
Derived from the enshrined deity "大物主命ほか下野国諸神"
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