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Shirayamahime Jinja

Ishikawa · Hakusan · Shrines & Temples

Japanese name: 白山比咩神社

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WHAT TO DOShirayamahime Jinja

Hakusan stands with Fuji and Tateyama as one of the three sacred mountains of Japan. What this shrine venerates is water. Snow that falls on Hakusan becomes the Tedori and Kuzuryu rivers and waters the plain. The rice, the sake and the yuzen-nagashi rinsing all depend on it. The inner shrine sits at the 2,702-metre summit.

WHEREIshikawa

Kaga · Hakusan

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Hakusan stands with Fuji and Tateyama as one of the three sacred mountains of Japan. What this shrine venerates is water. Snow that falls on Hakusan becomes the Tedori and Kuzuryu rivers and waters the plain. The rice, the sake and the yuzen-nagashi rinsing all depend on it. The inner shrine sits at the 2,702-metre summit.

About this place

Shirayamahime Jinja (白山比咩神社) is a Shinto shrine in the Sannomiyamachi neighborhood of the city of Hakusan in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. It is the ichinomiya of former Kaga Province. The main festival of the shrine is held annually on May 6. It is the head shrine of approximately 2000 "Hakusan Jinja" across Japan. Though read differently, "Shirayama" and "Hakusan" use the same characters (白山) in Japanese.

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Founded:91 BC (traditional) Shrine rank:Ichinomiya of Kaga Province Designation:Important Cultural Property Lineage:Hakusan Shrine (about 3,000 shrines) Blessings:Matchmaking, Mountain worship, Agriculture

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