Iwai-do
📍 Nagano, Chikuhoku · 4747-1 Sakaikoji, Chikuhoku, Higashichikuma District, Nagano
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
Iwai-do venerates rocks, one of humanity's most primal sacred objects. The white fox knows that rocks teach patience, endurance, and the passage of ages. To pray before ancient stone is to borrow its strength—to let your resolve become as immovable as a thousand-year stone.
Benefits
Rock blessingPurificationStability