Amanoiwato Jinja天岩戸神社

Name: Amanoiwato Jinja
Telephone: 0982748239

4.5

Shrine

This Shinto shrine is dedicated to the myth of Ama-no-Iwato, the cave to be where the sun goddess Amaterasu once hid herself from the world according to the Kojiki, the oldest existing chronicle of Japan. The shrine’s western and eastern main shrine buildings are dedicated to Amaterasu and straddle the Iwato River. After requesting to do so at the shrine office in the western shrine building, visitors can be purified and are then allowed to worship directly before the Ama-no-Iwato cave. In addition, the river bed (Amano-yasugawara) and cave where the innumerable gods and goddesses gathered and discussed what to do after Amaterasu went into hiding, is a 10-minute walk from the Western shrine building along the Iwato River.

Miyazaki Prefecture Nishiusuki-gun, Takachiho-cho, amano-iwato 1073-1 (Takachiho / NobeokaArea)

0982748239

8:30-17:00

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Reviewed:2018/11/27 Beautiful!

Easy to get to by car or bus and part of Miyazaki's Mythical Road. The shrine is tucked away and sits next to a giant tree- which was losing its yellow leaves when I visited, would recommend a trip...

Reviewed:2018/06/23 IS an Incredible Experience

One of the more important and powerfull hotspot for shinto religion and the japan itself. you can fell inside you a strange power and if you can visit the Amaterasu cave will be sasmething amazin...

Reviewed:2018/05/07 If you want to see the cave where Amaterasu was hiding, be sure to inquire

The shrine is pretty, but the main reason people visit is to get a glimpse of the cave where Amaterasu, the Shinto goddess of the sun, supposedly holed herself in after her brother, the storm god...

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