Daikoku Shrine

What it is

• Established in 1783 with the Oshima family serving as hereditary Shinto priests.
• Dedicated to the primary deity Onamuchi-no-Mikoto, also known as Shusse Daikoku.
• Tokugawa Ienari visited this site before he became the Shogun.
• The shrine exists to house a sacred object depicting Daikoku sitting on rice bales.

What to see

• A sacred object featuring the deity Daikoku positioned on bales of rice.
• Wooden Daikoku statues that are distributed to visitors on specific calendar days.

When to go

• Visit on Kinoene days when special wooden statues are distributed.

Getting there

• The shrine is a two-minute walk from Komagome Station.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.