Hie Shrine

The Hie Shrine (日 枝 神社jap, Hie -jinja ) is a Japanese Shinto shrine in the district Nagata -chō of Chiyoda- ku, one of the 23 districts of Tokyo, near the national parliament building. Supreme kami of the shrine is called Ōyamakui no kami (大 山 咋 神), god of the mountain Hieizan and generally also Hie Sanno no kami or gongs. Another Kami is Izanami. The Hie Shrine is considered one of over 3,000 branch shrines of Hiyoshi Taisha日 枝 大 社(originally Hie Taisha ) in Otsu Cities, Shiga Prefecture.

The Hie Shrine was founded in 1478 by Ōta Dōkan as a protective shrine of the newly built Edo Castle. In Meireki - major fire in 1657 it burned down and was rebuilt by Tokugawa in 1659 Ietsuna again.

On November 8, 1868 Hie Shrine of Meiji tennō was named one of the "Ten Shrines of Tokyo " ( Tōkyō- jissha ).

The shrine was destroyed a second time and re-established in 1967 by bombing during the Second World War. The cost of over 150 million yen were largely supported by parishioners and faithful.

The Hie Shrine oriented in every second year, alternating with the Kanda Matsuri from early to mid- June, the Sanno Matsuri from. By 1885 it was one of the three largest festivals of Tokyo, after the installation of electrical cables prevented getting through the 45 large floats. Currently, the hard procession includes on June 15, just three sacred palanquins that feed traditionally in the Imperial Palace, where the high priest pray for peace for the emperor and his family.