Pilgrimage
Owatatsumi | Shikaumi Shrine
Current Faith and Worship He is the supreme sea god who unites all the deities of the sea. Governing the bottom, middle, and upper seas, he is worshipped as a...
Owatatsumi | Shikaumi Shrine
Current Faith and Worship He is the supreme sea god who unites all the deities of the sea. Governing the bottom, middle, and upper seas, he is worshipped as a...
Tamayorihime | Tamasaki Shrine
Current Faith and Worship She is the younger sister of Toyotama-hime. After her sister returned to the sea, she raised the orphaned infant (Ugayafukiaezu) into a fine man, and later...
Tamayorihime | Tamasaki Shrine
Current Faith and Worship She is the younger sister of Toyotama-hime. After her sister returned to the sea, she raised the orphaned infant (Ugayafukiaezu) into a fine man, and later...
Toyotamahime | Toyotamahime Shrine
Current Faith and Worship She is the daughter of the Sea God (Owatatsumi) and is also said to be the model for Princess Otohime of the Dragon Palace. Based on...
Toyotamahime | Toyotamahime Shrine
Current Faith and Worship She is the daughter of the Sea God (Owatatsumi) and is also said to be the model for Princess Otohime of the Dragon Palace. Based on...
Shiotsuchi | Shiogama Shrine
Current Faith and Worship He governs the ebb and flow of the tides and is deeply worshipped as the god of navigation, fishing, and furthermore, as the “ancestral god of...
Shiotsuchi | Shiogama Shrine
Current Faith and Worship He governs the ebb and flow of the tides and is deeply worshipped as the god of navigation, fishing, and furthermore, as the “ancestral god of...
Hayaakitsuhime | Yura Minato Shrine
Current Faith and Worship She is the goddess counterpart to Hayaakitsuhiko-no-Kami, and together they govern the minato (water gates). Her role is to “swallow and purify (eradicate)” the sins and...
Hayaakitsuhime | Yura Minato Shrine
Current Faith and Worship She is the goddess counterpart to Hayaakitsuhiko-no-Kami, and together they govern the minato (water gates). Her role is to “swallow and purify (eradicate)” the sins and...
Hayaakitsuhiko | Minatoguchi Shrine
Current Faith and Worship He is a male god who governs the “Minato” (water gates or river mouths) where rivers and the sea intersect. Appearing in the Ooharae (Great Purification)...
Hayaakitsuhiko | Minatoguchi Shrine
Current Faith and Worship He is a male god who governs the “Minato” (water gates or river mouths) where rivers and the sea intersect. Appearing in the Ooharae (Great Purification)...