A Shinmei shrine in Kizune, Yashio City, enshrining Amaterasu Omikami. As the sun goddess governing all agriculture, her worship was especially meaningful in the Edo and Naka River waterway farming region of Yashio.

Yashio Shinmei Shrine in Kizune, Yashio City, is said to have been founded around 1700 during the Genroku era. It enshrines Amaterasu Omikami, the sun goddess, as its principal deity, established as one of the many Shinmei shrines rooted in Ise faith across the Musashino region. The Yashio area, sit…