Okehazama-Shimmei-sha

What it is

• A shrine in Nagoya City, Japan.
• Formal name is Shinmei-sha.
• Dedicated to Amaterasu Omikami.
• Founded around 1791, likely earlier.

What to see

• A sake barrel treasure from the Battle of Okehazama.
• Main hall, rebuilt in 1753 and renovated in 1935.
• Kaguraden and rear mountain stone wall from 1753.
• Thirteen auxiliary shrines consolidated during Meiji era.
• A stone with cup-shaped holes.

When to go

• Annual festival began around 1661.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.