Umegahata Amaterasu Daijingu
京都府
Tutelary shrine of a mountain village that flourished as a waystation on the Atago pilgrimage route since the Heian period
An ancient shrine in the Umegahata settlement of Takao, enshrining Amaterasu Omikami as the local tutelary deity. It has long been venerated by the residents of this small mountain community. Located in a mountain village close to Jingoji and Kozanji, the surrounding mountains turn beautiful colors in the autumn foliage season. Umegahata flourished as a waystation for Atago pilgrims since the Heia…
The founding date of Umegahata Amaterasu Daijingu is not clearly recorded, but it is traditionally held that the shrine has enshrined Amaterasu Omikami as the tutelary deity of the Umegahata settlement since ancient times. Umegahata is said to have flourished as a waystation along the pilgrimage rou…
Cleansing impurity, spiritual purification, driving away evil. Rooted in misogi ablutions and goma fire rites.
Derived from the enshrined deity "天照大御神"
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