Goso Shrine is the chief tutelary shrine of Yugawara, enshrining five deities including Amaterasu and Susanoo. A camphor tree over 800 years old — designated a Natural Monument of Kanagawa Prefecture — stands in the grounds. Local legend holds that Minamoto no Yoritomo's ally Doi Sanehira prayed here for victory during the Battle of Ishibashiyama in 1180.
Goso Shrine is traditionally said to have been founded around 701 CE, during the Taiho era, and has long served as the chief tutelary shrine of Yugawara, enshrining five deities including Amaterasu and Susanoo. A celebrated legend records that in 1180, when Minamoto no Yoritomo was defeated at the B…
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・素盞嗚尊ほか三柱"
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