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Hida Soja

Gifu · Takayama · Shrines & Temples

Japanese name: 飛騨総社

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Hida Soja
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WHAT TO DOHida Soja

It enshrines the eighteen shrines of Hida Province together.

WHEREGifu

Hida · Takayama

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It enshrines the eighteen shrines of Hida Province together.

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Hida Sojasha is a shrine in Takayama, Gifu. Its former shrine rank was prefectural shrine. It is the sojasha of Hida Province. It enshrines the eight deities listed in the Engishiki register of deities (three in Ono District, five in Araki District) and ten shrines recorded in the national histories. Each year on May 4 and 5, the annual festival features a procession of a thousand people and a parent-and-child lion dance performed by pairs (an acrobatic-like dance by 22 people). Ohashi no Mikoto was the first Hida kuni-no-miyatsuko, a descendant of Ame no Hoakari no Mikoto. Minashi no Kami (deity of Hida Ichinomiya Minashi Shrine, Mount Kurai) Tsukimoto no Kami (deity of Tsukimoto Shrine, Oyamatsumi no Kami)

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Founded:Tenpyo period Blessings:Warding off evil

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