Oyamazumi Shrine

Oyamazumi Shrine

Oyamazumi Shrine (大山祇神社) in Omishimacho Miyaura, Imabari City, Ehime Prefecture, has a main hall (Hoden) of 1427, an early Edo worship hall and three late Kamakura stone hokyointo pagodas, each designated an Important Cultural Property (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

According to the Japan Tourism Agency multilingual commentary, the shrine is revered as a god of the sea, of sailors and warriors, and of battle, and is the only grand shrine in Shikoku. It keeps one of Japan's largest collections of historic armour and weapons in its treasure halls, the Shiyoden among them, and its grounds are surrounded by camphor trees, one near the entrance said to be 2,600 years old.

The Three Designations

The main hall is a three-bay nagare-zukuri hall with a cypress-bark roof, and the worship hall in front of it is seven bays by four under a gabled cypress-bark roof; the hokyointo are three stone pagodas of the late Kamakura period (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Each is described on its own page.

Visiting

No official information on hours or fees for the shrine and its treasure halls was found.