Kappa Daimyojin
📍 Gifu, Gifu · 393 Oteasarai, Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture
About
Founded1920
EnshrinedEmperor Meiji, Empress Shoken
RankImperial Shrine (Kanpei Taisha)
FestivalNovember 3 (Annual Festival)
HeritageHonden (Registered Cultural Property)
Website www.meijijingu.or.jp/en/
History
By the Nagara River stands this unique shrine honoring the kappa water spirit, revered as a guardian of aquatic safety despite its mischievous reputation. Boatmen and riverside dwellers have long sought protection here against drowning and water hazards. Even the kappa's trickery is understood as enlightened teaching, reminding us that all beings, however strange, serve the greater order.
Benefits
water accident preventionriver safetyliberation from delusion
