Itosaki Jinja
📍 Hiroshima, Mihara · 8-chome-10-1 Itosaki
📿 Goshuin Info
Hours
9:00–17:00
Fee
—
Direct-write
Available
Pre-written
Available
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
Itosaki Jinja is a shrine located in Itosaki, Mihara, with a beautiful setting overlooking the Seto Inland Sea. From ancient times, it has gathered the faith of fishing industry workers and maritime traders as a guardian deity protecting the sea's safety and ensuring abundant catches in this region. Itosaki has long prospered as a strategic point on the Seto Inland Sea, developing as a port town where many ships passed through. The shrine serves as the community's guardian deity and source of hope for those wishing for the sea's blessings and safety, and has been carefully preserved to this day.
Benefits
Maritime safetyAbundant catchesBusiness prosperityTraffic safetyFamily safetyWarding off misfortuneGood fortune and prosperity