Wakasahiko Shrine

Wakasahiko Shrine (若狭彦神社, Wakasahiko jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in Obama, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. It was established in 714, and is divided into an upper shrine (Wakasahiko Shrine) and lower shrine (Wakasahime Shrine, 若狭姫神社). The upper shrine's main festival is held annually on October 10; the lower shrine's is held on March 10. Kami enshrined here include Hoori no mikoto and Toyotamahime.

It was formerly a national shrine of the second rank (国幣中社, kokuhei chusha) in the Modern system of ranked Shinto Shrines. It was also the ichinomiya of Wakasa Province.

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External links

Shinto Jinja Database

Shinto shrines

Shinto architecture

Buildings	chōzuya or temizuya haiden heiden hokora honden / shinden / shōden kagura-den massha sessha

Architectonic elements	Chinjusha chigi hidden roof kaerumata: see nakazonae kairō karahafu karamon katōmado katsuogi ken kentozuka: see nakazonae kitsune (fox) komainu mon nakazonae sandō shōrō sōrin tamagaki tokyō torii tōrō

Styles	hirairi-zukuri tsumairi-zukuri gongen-zukuri hachiman-zukuri hiyoshi-zukuri irimoya-zukuri ishi-no-ma-zukuri kasuga-zukuri kibitsu-zukuri misedana-zukuri nagare-zukuri ōtori-zukuri owari-zukuri ryōnagare-zukuri shinmei-zukuri sumiyoshi-zukuri taisha-zukuri

Others

Implements	An ema gohei hakama jōe kamidana mikoshi ofuda omamori ōnusa saisen shaku shide shimenawa shintai tamagushi tamaya

Main kami	Amaterasu Hachiman Inari Ōkami Tenjin

Staff	kannushi miko

Head shrines¹	Fushimi Inari Taisha Usa Hachiman-gū Ise Grand Shrine Dazaifu Tenman-gū Munakata Taisha Suwa Taisha Hiyoshi Taisha Kumano Nachi Taisha Tsushima Shrine Yasaka Shrine

Miscellaneous	A-un Glossary of Shinto jingū-ji Jinja Honchō miyadera

¹ (in order of the size of the shrine network they head)

Coordinates: 35°27′58″N 135°46′43″E / 35.4661°N 135.7785°E / 35.4661; 135.7785