Karasu Shrine

What it is

• Ancient shrine founded in the Asuka period (539-571 AD).
• Dedicated to Wakakuhime-no-mikoto, a guardian deity of women.
• Also worshipped as a god of navigation and sea protection.
• Origin of the town name Karasu-cho.

What to see

• Shrine building in the Shinmei-zukuri style.
• Sacred object is a stone in a plain wooden box.
• Shrine grounds within a pine forest facing Ise Bay.
• 額 by Admiral Heihachiro Togo.
• 額 by Soho Tokutomi.

When to go

• Rebuilding conducted every 20 years.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.