Karamatsu Shrine

What it is

• Shrine dedicated to Okina Tarashihime no Mikoto and Kagutsuchi no Kami.
• Guardian deity for women's lives, matchmaking, fertility, safe childbirth.
• Revered by the Onodera and Satake clans.
• Once the 18th stop on the Akita Rokugun Sanjusan Kannon Pilgrimage.

What to see

• Oku-den is an Akita Prefectural Tangible Cultural Property.
• Wooden lion head is an Akita Prefectural Tangible Cultural Property.
• Cedar avenue is an Akita Prefectural Natural Monument.
• Jagan Kagura is a Daisen City Intangible Cultural Property.

Getting there

• 15-minute walk from JR Ugo-Sakai Station.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.