Ikoma Shrine

What it is

• A Shinto shrine in Ikoma City, Nara Prefecture.
• Also known as Ikoma Taisha.
• Dedicated to Ikoma-tsuhiko-no-kami and Ikoma-tsuhime-no-kami.
• Mentioned in the 'Sogoku Fudoki' in 458 AD.

What to see

• Seven Kasuga-zukuri style buildings form the main hall.
• A Kannondo hall, a remnant of syncretism.
• A painted silk scroll of Ikoma Mandala.
• The shrine's sacred forest, a natural monument.

When to go

• Higami-sai festival on the second Sunday of October.

Getting there

• Accessible from Ichibu Station on the Kintetsu Ikoma Line.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.