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Fujiki Shrine
Fujiki Shrine is famous as a shrine associated with the Omi saint, Nakae Toju. It was built in 11 with the cooperation of people who admired Nakae Toju. The construction was made possible by a grant from the Imperial Household…
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Harifu Shrine
Hanifu Shrine is the main shrine for 17 districts, including parts of the former Aiba and Shingi villages, and is the oldest building in Shinasahi Town, dating back to the early modern period. It has been one of the major shrines in Takashima County since ancient times, and was called Habu Daimyojin. The shrine is located in this area…
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Shodenji Temple
It is said to have been founded in the Hōen era, but for about 15 years until 1610, it is said to have been dedicated to the teachings of various head priests of the Tendai and Zen sects. During the Edo period, a Zen master from Eiheiji Temple was invited to the temple, and the temple changed from Tendai to Soto sect…
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Oarahiko Shrine
The temple is well known for the fresh greenery that covers the temple grounds and the vivid autumn foliage. It was founded in the early 13th century, and was highly revered by the Sasaki clan, the rulers of Omi Province, from the Northern and Southern Courts period to the Muromachi period. The Sasaki Genji revered it as the guardian deity of their clan…
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Koshoji Temple
Koshoji Temple was founded in 1243 when Dogen Zenji, the founder of the Soto sect, encouraged Sasaki Nobutsuna, who was in retirement from Kutsukisho, to build a temple when he was heading to Echizen from the capital. From the temple grounds, you can see the vast and magnificent scenery of the Azumigawa River and Kaminoyama. Kutsuki…
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Ninigi Shrine
Ninigi Shrine is the guardian deity of Miyamaebo, and Ninigi no Mikoto is the deity worshipped here. The wooden two-tiered pagoda was built at the end of the Edo period and is a two-tiered tower measuring three bays on each side. It belonged to Kutsuki Jingu-ji Temple as the pagoda of Kutsuki Jingu-ji Temple, but it was later renamed Ninigi Shrine…
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Ashitsumi Shrine and Gyoka Tenmangu Shrine
Both shrines are dedicated to Ashizuhime (Konohanasakuyahime), also known as Ouka Daimyojin, and are also home to Gyoga Tenmangu Shrine, where Sugawara no Michizane, the god of learning, is enshrined. The cherry blossoms and chestnut trees in the precincts…
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Saikoji Temple
Seigo-ji Temple is a Rinzai sect temple of the Tofukuji school, which originated from the Shakado Hall built on Mt. Araya by Fujiwara no Yorimichi in the mid-Heian period. The principal image is the Kannon Bodhisattva, the guardian deity of safe childbirth, said to have been made by Chisho Daishi. In addition, Benzaiten, one of the Seven Lucky Gods of Nishiomi, is also enshrined here.
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Tsuno Shrine
The deity enshrined here is "Ki Tsunoshima-no-Mikoto" and "Takeuchi-no-Mikoto", and is the chief local deity of Tsunoshima-go. Along with Hioki Shrine, the "Kawakami Festival" (also known as the Sanyare Festival) is held on a grand scale every year on the third Sunday of April, and is crowded with many spectators.
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Hioki Shrine
The deities enshrined are Susanoo-no-Mikoto, Hioki-sukune-no-Mikoto, Inadahime-no-Mikoto, Takemikatsuchi-no-Mikoto, Amenokushibi-no-Mikoto, and Okuninushi-no-Mikoto.
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