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Umamioka Watamuki Shrine

Shiga · Hino · Nature & Scenery

Japanese name: 馬見岡綿向神社

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WHAT TO DOUmamioka Watamuki Shrine

A shrine in Hino, once on the summit of Mount Watamuki and moved when the castle town was formed.

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Hino

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A shrine in Hino, once on the summit of Mount Watamuki and moved when the castle town was formed.

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Umamioka Watamuki Shrine is the village shrine (satomiya) of Otake Shrine, which is enshrined at the summit of Mt. Watamuki, rising to the east of Hino, Gamo District, Shiga Prefecture. It is identified with the Engishiki-listed Umamioka Shrine. Its former shrine rank is prefectural shrine. Every year on May 2 and 3, the Hino Festival is held as its annual festival. Mt. Watamuki is its sacred mountain, and it enshrines three deities of the Izumo lineage. Amenohohi no Mikoto Amenohinadori no Mikoto Takemikumaoushi no Mikoto

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