Yamato Onchi Shrine

What it is

• A Shikinaisha shrine founded during the seventh year of Emperor Sujin's reign.
• The ancestral shrine of the Yamato Onchi clan dedicated to Takenogori-no-mikoto.
• A site listed in the Engishiki records that received imperial rank in 851.
• Relocated to its current site in 1944 due to naval airfield construction.

What to see

• The sacred grounds of a former Sonsha rank shrine in Tenri City.
• Architecture housing a deity distinct from the similarly named shrine in Osaka.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.