Otori Taisha Shrine
As the Ichinomiya shrine of Izumi Province, it is highly revered not only in Senshu but throughout the country, and enshrines Emperor Yamato Takeru as its main deity.
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The shrine dates back to the 43rd year of Emperor Keikō (113 AD). It is a Myojin Taisha shrine that is said to have particularly remarkable miraculous powers and is recorded in the Engishiki Shinmeicho, which was completed in 927 AD.
About 1,900 years ago, the spirit of Emperor Yamato Takeru turned into a swan of eight fathoms and flew away. The swan landed at Kotobikihara in Yamato and Furuichi in Kawachi, and the shrine was established at the place where Emperor Yamato Takeru finally landed, which is the origin of this shrine.
Legend has it that when a swan landed, trees grew overnight so thickly that the swan was unable to fly again, and this has led to the sacred area being called "Chikusa no Mori."
Basic information
- Parking Available
- Child
- Business hours
- Award office: 9:00am - 4:30pm
- Holidays
- Open year-round
- Access
- 5 minutes on foot from Otori Station on the JR Hanwa Line, 10 minutes from the Hamadera Exit on the Hanshin Expressway Sakai Line
- Address
- 1-1-2 Otori Kitamachi, Nishi Ward, Sakai City
- Telephone
- 072-262-0040
- URL
- https://www.ootoritaisha.jp/
