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Ancient mountain shrine venerating Mount Takahara said to have been founded in the Taiho era, its centuries-old sacred cedar guarding the sacred precinct
JR宇都宮線矢板駅からタクシー約20分
栃木県矢板市上伊佐野
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An ancient mountain shrine enshrined in Kami-Isano, Yaita City, venerating Mount Takahara as its sacred divine body. Enshrining Oyamazumi no Mikoto as its deity, the shrine has gathered devotion centered on prayers for the blessings of the mountain and agricultural abundance. Mount Takahara has been known since antiquity as a sacred place of Shugendo mountain practice, and this shrine functions as…
Takahara Jinja is an ancient shrine located in Kami-Isano, Yaita City, Tochigi Prefecture, with Mount Takahara venerated as its sacred shintai mountain. According to shrine tradition, it is said to have been founded around 701 CE during the Taiho era, with Oyamatsumi no Mikoto enshrined as the princ…
Victory in contests, sports, and critical challenges. Rooted in warrior-deity shrines such as Hachiman and Suwa.
Derived from the enshrined deity "大山祇命"
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