Amagasaki Ebisu Shrine

What it is

• Also known as Kuramochi Ebisu Omiya.
• Affectionately called "Ama no Ebessan" by worshippers.
• Main deity is Yaekotoshiro Nushi no Okami.
• Renamed Amagasaki Ebisu Shrine in 1948.

What to see

• Main hall is a wooden building from the late Edo period.
• Large torii gate is 17 meters high.
• Shrine office building completed in 2013.

When to go

• Toka Ebisu Grand Festival from January 9th to 11th annually.

Getting there

• 3-minute walk from Hanshin Amagasaki Station.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.