御神座正面 - Izumo

If you don't worship from the west, you can't worship from the front. Let's worship counterclockwise and worship at the end.

Because Izumo Taisha's Festival God Grand Country is facing west, this side next to the main hall is the front of the shrine. There are many worshipers lined up.

There are a lot of fears to evaluate the shrine, so I will make it three stars without any evaluation. This is the place where you can meet and worship the great nation, the main deity of Izumo Taisha. Be sure to stop and visit here.

It seems that the god of the main shrine is facing west, so it is better to visit here

Usually the shrine priests are facing the south and facing the south, just like the shrine shrines. However, at Izumo Taisha Shrine, the shrine ritual is said to face the east with the east facing the west. Such a shrine can only be seen at Izumo Taisha Shrine. ・ It may be related to the sea and Kitakyushu to see the west ・ The main hall of Izumo Taisha shrine represents an ancient residence, because a square room is divided into a U-shape and the room farthest from the entrance is the upper seat. ・ The power of the great powers is inconvenient for the right ear and faces the left (west) Surely, I think that the top is facing west when sitting as the shape of the main hall, and I think that it is a reasonable reason to say that it is reasonable, but I will pay attention to the direction of west. Speaking of the west side of Izumo Taisha Shrine, it is Inasa Beach. That's right. It is the entrance where 8 million gods from all over the country enter Izumo. I don't feel any wonder that the great god of the great power, who is the host of the ghost and who is the host at the gods festival, is facing me. In addition, Munakata Taisha, also known as Ura Ise in Fukuoka Prefecture, is located far ahead of Inasa no Hama Beach, and it seems that you are looking at it. My answer to the mystery of being enshrined westward "I am facing Inasa's beach to welcome gods from all over the country."

It is a place of worship that is built in front of the main shrine, facing the Kamukura. From here, we will head to the main shrine and worship.

The Yatsuashimon was crowded with worshipers, so I visited here. This seems to be the front inside the building.

Visited on July 23, 2020. The main shrine faces south, but the shrine faces west. Since we are visiting in the south, we will applaud four times. The first beat goes north, the second beat goes west, the third beat goes north again, and the fourth beat finally reaches the deity. The method is written on the bill, so please read it carefully before visiting.