Yasaka Shrine

What it is

• A Shinto shrine in Nara City.
• Also known as Oshigecho Gion-sha.
• Founded as a subsidiary of Tamukeyama Hachiman-gu by 1338.
• Enshrines Susanoo-no-Mikoto, Kushinadahime-no-Mikoto, and Yahashira-no-Mikogami.

What to see

• The main hall is a three-bay nagare-zukuri style.
• The worship hall has a tiled roof.
• A Benzaiten-sha stands outside the main hall's fence.
• A stone lantern from 1864 is on the grounds.
• A stone lantern from 1692 is on the grounds.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.