Yato Shrine - Namegata

Hitachi Koku Fudoki Whereabouts Gunjo Yatogami You can get a red stamp at the Owase Shrine in Ogawa, Omitama City.

It is in a dim forest during the day. I went to September, but there are many bush mosquitoes and those who worship in the summer need insect repellent measures.

The shrine was founded so old that it dates back to the mythological era. Did it remain as a small shrine next to Atago Shrine? It seems that Atago Shrine was originally located in another place. In the back is a private house (although it seems unlikely that anyone will do so), not within the precincts of the shrine.

I sewed between rainy seasons and climbed a stone stairway from Shiiike in late July and visited. It was covered with trees and dimly lit, and there were wet fallen leaves and it was very slippery, and I climbed with caution one step at a time. The place was next to the shrine of Atago Shrine, and there was a torii and a shrine at Yatora Shrine. The feet were also partly muddy and needed attention to get there. It is a new feeling compared with the company of Atago Shrine. I hate snakes, I felt somehow weird and went down the mountain early without any effort. (The night sword God seems to be a snake in Shiiike)

A friend of mine told me that this is the oldest shrine in Hitachi Fudoki. Shimizu that springs up with the concon since ancient times. Thank you for still hydrating this land

The deity of the festival is Yatogami. According to the whereabouts of the whereabouts of Hitachi Fudoki, which was established in Yoro 5 (721), Yatogami is a snake with a horn on its head and a group of gods. In order to clear the rice field here, Satoshi Ward Matachi kills the night sword god and destroys it on the mountain, "I hear that it will be the land of God above this. After that, I will celebrate God's celebration in honor of the Eiji era. I will say, "Nagori Riso, Nagisa Miso," and built a company to serve descendants. It hasn't stopped. In the reign of Emperor Kotoku (596-654), Miyu Renmaro tried to build a bank on the valley pond here, and the night sword gods gathered on the trees of the Shii on the bank of the pond to leave. As he did not, he said, "The key to training this pond is to make use of the people. What God and who is the god of worship." Insect The swords rushed to death, and the sword god immediately left. The pond where the Shii tree was located was named "Shiii Pond". Hitachi Fudoki is the oldest history book in Japan after Kojiki and Nihonshoki, so we are old...a very old company. When you go down the narrow road between the mountains, relying on the information board, oh! Surprisingly, there is a fine paved parking lot, and next to it is Shiiike, where the sword gods gathered (Tenryu Mitarai). If you go up the slope and stairs leading from that side to the precincts, you will reach the precincts of Atago Shrine and Yatou Shrine. (For Atago Shrine and Shiii Pond, I wrote a word of mouth, so please refer to it.) By the way, there was also a mountain path on the opposite side of the parking lot, but the original approach is "Shiii Pond" from that mountain. It may be a path that goes down to a valley and up to the precincts. It was a visit after reading the above-mentioned legend, so it was a visit that I was prepared to do if it was a little scary, but no. That's not true. Everything from Shiiike to the precincts is a mysterious style, but it is a very well-maintained precinct. Probably, this Mr. and Mrs. Son is a far distant descendant of Satoshi Susumu Matachi, as stated in Hitachi Fudoki, and must have been able to protect the company incessantly until the present after 1,500 years. ..

I was attracted to the name, but I was worried because the road to go would be like a remote and unexplored region. For that reason, the parking lot was very well maintained.