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Teruji Hagiwara (Japan Artists Association member) |
This shrine is a tutelary shrine guarding the Imaizumi area who makes Kikurihimenomikoto an enshrined deity. It was reportedly built by Minamoto Yoritomo, founder of the Kamakura government, and houses a standing statue of Bishamon, or the god of war statue said to have been given by Kurama-dera in the middle of going up to Kyoto. In front of the shrine is a sacred twisted straw rope called Shimenawa which imitated large centipede, which is believed to be the guardian deity living here.
Koshin-to, or a Blue Warrior's tower.
Annual event: Oh-shime Festival (January 8)
Time required: 10-20 minutes
TEL (0467)47-4798