Yami Jinja
📍 Fukui, Tsuruga City · Tsuruga, Shimajima
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
Yami Jinja is a shrine located in Shimajima, Tsuruga City, bearing the beautiful name of Yami. Tsuruga has long prospered as a gateway port with the continent, and this shrine is positioned in an important location where the cultures of sea and land intersect. The place name Shimajima evokes the beauty of islands floating upon the sea, and this is a place where the natural beauty of the region harmonizes with the sacredness of the shrine. It gathers the faith of those who wish for beauty and peace, and is cherished as a place where people pray for a calm heart and beautiful living.
Benefits
beauty and healthhousehold safetymatchmakinggood fortune and prosperitywarding off misfortunefulfillment of wishes