The Twelve Shrines Shrine in Ibaraki Prefecture is dedicated to the worship of twelve kami, believed to be the gods who preside over the twelve months of the year. According to legend, these kami were originally twelve celestial beings who ruled the heavens and were later enshrined on earth as a means of maintaining cosmic balance.
- 宗教
- shinto
- 祭神
- Twelve
- 祀られている神
- Tori-gami, Katsuragi-no-Kamisumi, Tenjin, Sugawara-no-Michizane, Fūjin, Raijin, Enma-daiō, Ōkuninushi, Tsukuyomi, Inazuma-no-kami, Ukai, Sakigake
- 座標
- 36.1761001, 139.944246
参拝のヒント
Visitors can participate in the shrine's New Year (Oshogatsu) festival by making a prayer at the shrine's main torii gate before leaving with a small wooden or paper offering, which is believed to bring good luck for the year ahead.