Overview
A shrine in Hyuga facing the Hyuga Sea, with columnar jointed rock in its grounds.
About this place
An old shrine enshrining Amaterasu Omikami, standing on columnar rock overlooking the open sea. The grounds have a group of sazare-ishi, mentioned in the national anthem Kimigayo, among the largest in Japan. Udo Shrine (Ryugu) sits in a cave at the east end of the grounds, and from inside the cave a silhouette of a rising dragon is said to appear near the entrance.
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