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Watazumi Shrine, also known as Watatsumi Shrine is a shinto shrine in Tsushima, Nagasaki. [ 1 ] Torii facing the sea Torii seen from the sea side Three pillar torii in the pond Three-pillar torii gate next to the shrine
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Watatsumi Shrine (海神社, Watatsumi Jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in Tarumi-ku, Kobe. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] : 7 It is said to have been founded by the legendary Empress Jingu (169–269 AD). [ 2 ] [ 3 ] : 7 It is one of the three major shrines of Harima Province . [ 2 ]
Originally the Sumiyoshi sanjin and Watatsumi sanjin were the same gods, but when, in ancient times, the throne was moved east from Kyūshū to the area now known as Kinki, it was the Sumiyoshi sanjin that supposedly served an important role. In other words, the Watatsumi sanjin stayed in Kyūshū and the Sumiyoshi sanjin moved to Kinki.
Kaijin Shrine is a significant shrine on Tsushima Island. It is known as the "Shrine of the Sea Kami." This shrine was the most important one in the past. It was called the ichinomiya. The shrine was originally linked to the sea deity Watatsumi. Later, it became associated with Hachiman. This association is mentioned in late Heian period sources.
On a small island off Japan’s northeastern coast, visitors make offerings at a shrine for unlikely local guardians: cats. The “Neko Jinja,” or Cat Shrine, mythologizes cats as guardian ...
The earliest written sources of Old Japanese transcribe the name of the sea god in a diverse manner. The c. 712 CE Kojiki (tr. Basil Hall Chamberlain 1883) writes it semantically as 海 神 lit. "sea god" and transcribes it phonetically with man'yōgana as Wata-tsu-mi, 綿 津 見, lit. "cotton port see" in identifying Ōwatsumi kami and the Watatsumi Sanjin.
By far the largest number of shrines fell below the rank of District shrine. Their status was clarified by the District Shrine Law ( 郷社定則 , Gōsha Teisoku ) of the fourth day of the seventh month of 1871, in accordance with which "Village shrines" ranked below their respective "District shrines", while the smaller local shrines or ...