Iwa Shrine

Shinto shrine in Ichinomiya-chō Sugyōme, Shisō, Hyōgo prefecture, Japan

Iwa jinja (伊和神社) is a Japanese Shinto shrine in Shiso, Hyōgo on the island of Honshu.[1]

One of the shrine buildings at Iwa jinja

History

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Iwa jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of the old Harima Province. It serves today as one of the ichinomiya of Hyōgo Prefecture. [2] This place is special to the kami named Ookuninushi no kami (大国主神)[1]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Kotodamaya.com, "Iwo Jinja"; retrieved 2012-11-20.
  2. "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 3 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-11-20.

Other websites

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  Media related to Iwa-jinja at Wikimedia Commons