Hiyoshi-Taisha

The Hiyoshi Taisha (Japanese日 吉 大 社) is a Shinto shrine in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan.

Dear deities

  • Okuninushi (大 国 主)
  • Ōyamakui

History

The first written mention of Hiyoshi Taisha goes back to the 8th century Kojiki. In the Middle Ages the shrine by the Enryaku -ji temple was influenced so some Buddhist ideas were incorporated.

The building of the shrine were burnt down in 1571 by Oda Nobunaga in the destruction of Enryaku -ji, however, constructed in the late 16th century.

Pictures

Shirayamahime -jinja

Hiyoshi Toshogu

Torii at the Momiji Matsuri evening ( Maple Festival)

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