Kusabe Shrine

What it is

• A Shikinaisha shrine in Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture.
• Dedicated to Hikoisu-no-ō, Emperor Jimmu, and Michiomi-no-mikoto.
• Hikoisu-no-mikoto is the ancestral deity of the Kusakabe-no-obito clan.
• Merged with four other shrines during the Meiji era.

What to see

• Main hall dates from Nanboku-chō to Muromachi periods.
• Main hall and stone lantern are Important Cultural Properties.
• Stone lantern was made in 1369.
• Worship hall relocated from former Sugawara Shrine.

When to go

• Summer Festival is held on July 13.
• Danjiri Festival is held on October 5.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.