Kitamuroyama Jinja
📍 Yamagata, Yamagata · 1-1 Kitamuroyama, Muroyama
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
Kitamuroyama Jinja is enshrined in Muroyama City, Yamagata Prefecture, and is beloved as the guardian deity of the northern Muroyama region. Located in the north of the Muroyama basin and surrounded by the beautiful mountains of the Ou Range, this area is naturally abundant and has long watched over the lives of its people. In this land of beautiful seasonal changes, farmers and merchants have visited to pray for abundant harvests and business success. Functioning also as a place that deepens community bonds, the shrine has nurtured the ties between people through festivals and events, making it a shrine truly rooted in the local community.
Benefits
regional peaceabundant harvestscommercial prosperityhousehold safetywarding off misfortunegood fortune and prosperityfavorable relationships