Iwafune Shrine
磐船神社
Iwafune Shrine is a unique site dedicated to a deity who descended on a giant boat-shaped rock.
What it is
- A shrine in Katano City, Osaka Prefecture.
- Dedicated to the deity Nigihayahi-no-mikoto.
- Its sacred object is a large boat-shaped rock.
- Was a center for mountain worship and Shugendo practices.
What to see
- The sacred boat-shaped rock, 12 meters high and long.
- Stone Buddhas and Fudo Myoo stone statues.
- A monument with two poems by Ban Nobutomo.
Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.
Where it is
大阪府交野市私市9丁目19-1 Open in Google Maps
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