Taga Taisha

Taga Taisha is affectionately known as "O-Taga-san" and enshrines Izanagi no Mikoto and Izanami no Mikoto, the primordial couple deities who created the land of Japan and the gods themselves. Since ancient times, it has been revered as a shrine of the kami of longevity and long life. There is a legend that Toyotomi Hideyoshi himself prayed here for the healing of his mother's illness. Within the shrine grounds stands a massive cryptomeria tree over a thousand years old, truly a sacred place overflowing with vitality.