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Hakusan Shrine

白山神社

Hakusan Jinja

Gifu

A Hakusan shrine in Gifu Prefecture dedicated to Shirayama-hime-no-mikoto, the principal deity of Mount Hakusan. Part of the extensive network of Hakusan shrines throughout Japan that venerate the sacred mountain's kami.

Denomination
Hakusan
Religion
shinto
Enshrined kami
Shirayama-hime-no-mikoto
Kami enshrined
Shirayama-hime-no-mikoto
Coordinates
35.205686, 136.882024

Cultural notes

Hakusan shrines honor the deities of Mount Hakusan, one of Japan's three sacred mountains. Shirayama-hime-no-mikoto is particularly revered as a goddess of agriculture, marriage, and protection.

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