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A tutelary shrine of the Wakataki district founded in the Engi era of the Heian period, serving as the guardian deity of northern Nagano Basin for over a millennium
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Wakatake Shrine in the Wakataki district of Nagano City serves as the ujigami tutelary deity of the Wakataki-Tojo and Saijo communities, founded in the Heian period. Enshrining Takeminakata-no-Kami, it stands on a hill overlooking the Nagano Basin in the northern part of the Zenkoji Plain. The shrine remains deeply woven into local life, with annual festivals, prayer ceremonies, and weddings held …
Wakatake Shrine is traditionally believed to have been founded around the Engi era (901–923) of the mid-Heian period. Enshrining Takeminakata-no-Kami as its principal deity, it has long served as the ujigami and ubusunagami (tutelary deity) of the Wakataki-Tojo and Saijo districts in the northern pa…
Victory in contests, sports, and critical challenges. Rooted in warrior-deity shrines such as Hachiman and Suwa.
Derived from the enshrined deity "建御名方神"
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