Yaizu Shrine
| Yaizu Jinja 焼津神社 |
|
|---|---|
Statue of Yamato Takeru at Yaizu Jinja
|
|
| Information | |
| Dedicated to | Yamato Takeru no Mikoto and 3 followers |
| Address | 2-7-1 Yaizu-chō, Yaizu, Shizuoka, 425-0026 |
| Website | www |
 Glossary of Shinto
|
|
Yaizu Jinja (焼津神社?) is a Shinto shrine in the city of Yaizu in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. The shrine is also referred to as the Irie Daimyojin (入江大明神?).The main festival of the shrine is annually on August 13.
The primary kami of Yaizu is the Yamato Takeru (日本武尊?), the legendary 4th century AD prince of the Yamato dynasty, son of Emperor Keikō, whose legends are detailed in the Japanese chronicles Kojiki and Nihon Shoki.
Per one of the legends in the Yamato Takeru cycle, Emperor Keikō sent him to the eastern provinces, whose Kuni no miyatsuko had rebelled against the imperial court. His enemies attempted to kill him by setting fire to a grassy plain, but he escaped by using the powers of his magical sword, the Kusanagi no tsurugi and two magic stones. The sword, one of the Imperial Regalia of Japan is kept at Atsuta Shrine in Nagoya, along with one of the magic stones. Yaizu Jinja claims to have the remaining stone, as well as to have been built on the location of Yamato Takeru’s miraculous escape.
...
Wikipedia