18/03/2016

Kaso Jinja Kyoto

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. Shinto Shrine (jinja 神社) - Introduction .
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Kaso Jinja 菓祖神社 Kaso Shrine, Kyoto
Kaso Sha 菓祖社
Kasojin 菓祖神 (かそじん) Deity of Sweets


. Wagashi 和菓子 Japanese Sweets - Introduction .
The love of the Japanese for sweets goes way back to the Heian period, where they were mostly made of fruits, nuts and bean paste and called fruit (kudamono くだもの). Their origin was mainland China, so they were also called "Chinese cakes" 唐菓子. The citrus fruit Tachibana 橘 was introduced in the Heian period.



This shrine was built in by the sweets merchants of Kyoto in 1957, November 11.
It has deities in residence from three Shrines

兵庫県中島神社 Hyogo - Nakashima Jinja
和歌山県橘本神社 Wakayama - Kitsumoto Jinja
奈良県林神社 Nara - Rin Jinja (dedicated to the Deity of 饅頭 Manju sweets)

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Tajimamori no Mikoto 田道間守命
Hayashijooin no Mikoto 林浄因命 Hayashi Join

- details see below -



- - - - - HP of the Shrine
京都府京都市左京
- source : kyotokashioroshi.jp/okashi -

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Yearly Festivals 年中行事

春季大祭:4月19日 Spring Festival
秋季大祭:11月11日 Autumn Festival

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兵庫県中島神社 Hyogo Nakashima Jinja
A Shrine for the Deity of Sweets 菓祖・菓子の神.



Another deity at this Shrine is
天湯河棚神 Amenoyukawatana no Kami


1 Miyake, Toyooka, Hyogo
田道間守命は天日槍命の5世の子孫で、『日本書紀』に記される垂仁天皇の命により常世の国から「非時香果(ときじくのかぐのみ)」(橘のこと)を持ち返ったとされる人物である[2]。橘は菓子の最上級品とされたことから、菓子の神・菓祖として崇敬される。また、現鎮座地に居を構えて当地を開墾し、人々に養蚕を奨励したと伝えられることから、養蚕の神ともされる。
- source : ja.wikipedia.org -


Amenoyukawatana / Ameno-Yukawatana / Yukawatana
- source : nihonshoki.wikidot -

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和歌山県橘本神社 Wakayama Kitsumoto Jinja



Mikan Matsuri みかん祭り Mikan Sweets Festival
April 03.


source : guruwaka.com/mikan-matsuri

Members of the confectionery industry come here to pray for good business.
More than 150 different sweets and Mikan from all parts of Japan are given as offerings.

和歌山県海草郡下津町橘本
- source : konchi/kitumoto/menu -


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奈良県林神社 Nara Rin Jinja
In the compound of 漢國神社内 Kango Jinja

dedicated to the Deity of 饅頭 Manju steamed buns



Hayashijooin no Mikoto 林浄因命 Hayashi Join, Rin Join



奈良市漢國町二番地
- source : kangou-jinja.jp/rinjinja -


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. Tajimamori no Mikoto 田道間守命 (たぢまもりのみこと) .
ancestor of Mikan and Sweets




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Hayashijooin no Mikoto 林浄因命 (はやしじょういんのみこと)Hayashijoin


source : shiose.co.jp

Hayashi Join 林浄因 (林浄因 りんじょういん Rin Join) came from Zhejiang in Eastern China, his descendant is 林和靖 Rin Wasei.
He was the first to make Manju (mantoo 饅頭(マントゥ)in Japan. Manju made at the Kango Jinja Shrine 漢國神社社 became famous and later were offered to the Imperial Court and the Ashikaga Shogun.
林宗二 Hayashi Soji (Manjuya Soji 饅頭屋宗二 1498 - 1581). He was also called 林逸(りんいつ) Rin Itsu.
He published a Japanese-language dictionary in Iroha order of the Japanese alphabet:
饅頭屋本節用集, (せつようしゅう) Setsuyoshu.
- reference : kangou-jinja.jp -

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