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WHAT TO DOGion Shrine
A shrine in Nichinan, with red torii on the shore and its hall inside a cave.
WHEREMiyazaki
Miyazaki
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A shrine in Nichinan, with red torii on the shore and its hall inside a cave.
About this place
A shrine in Nichinan City, Miyazaki Prefecture, near Umegahama, with its main hall inside a cave. The dragon god (Yamata no Orochi) and the water god (Mizuhanome no Mikoto) are enshrined to the left and right of the main hall entrance, and there is a rock shaped like a dragon. It is a guardian deity that wards off illness and misfortune, and is worshipped as a god of safe voyages, business prosperity, bountiful harvests and good matches.
