Iya Jinja Matsue

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Iya Jinja 揖夜神社 Iya Shrine, Shimane

島根県松江市東出雲町揖屋 / Shimane, Matsue, Iya, Higashi-Izumocho

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Izanami no Kami 伊邪那美神

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The shrine is dedicated to the goddess Izanami
This shrine was mentioned in the “Izumo no Kuni Fudoki”, a record of the culture and geography of the region and is the only record left today in Japan that is in complete condition since 733, meaning the shrine was regarded as very important by the capital at the time.
The main hall uses Taisha-zukuri architecture, but the area where the sacred object is kept is made in the opposite fashion to Izumo Taisha, where order goes from left to right.
Iya shrine is also famous as the very setting for one of Japanese mythology stories.
The Shrine is dedicated to the goddess Izanami who is the wife of the god Izanagi.
Together they were said to have created the Japan Archipelago and a lot of the Japanese gods/ goddesses.
They used to be a loving couple with the same ambitions until Izanami died as the result of giving birth to the god of fire.
Since then, their paths had separated with Izanami belonging to the land of the dead while Izanagi to the living.
After Izanami died, Izanagi had spent days grieving and missing her so much that he chased after her into the land of the dead trying to get her back, only to find that his loving wife turned into a monstrous creature rotten from the inside out. Izanagi ran for his life and back to the living world, chased by Izanami, who was furious because he looked at her face when she told him not to.
In the end, Izanagi shut her in the underworld at the boundary of the living world with a huge rock,

which is now known as 黄泉比良坂 Yomotsu-hira Saka. There you can actually witness the very rock he used to shut the entrance to the underworld.
Izanami cursed Izanagi from the other side of the rock saying,
“For the shame you have caused me, I will kill 1000 people from your world every day!”
Izanagi replied to her “Then, I will create 1500 people every day.”
And they never saw each other again.
Thus, Izanami is forever stuck in the underworld and has been ever since.
Iya shrine might have been built by those who sympathize with her, praying for her to rest in peace.
- source : kankou-shimane.com/en ..

. Izanami　伊邪那美命 and Izanagi 伊弉諾 .

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Yearly Festivals　年中行事

穂掛祭　Hokake Matsuri
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Ho-kake Matsuri 穂掛祭 Hokake Festival

The festival is held both on sea and land. People pray for a generous harvests and safety at sea.
The god worshipped is first brought in a Mikoshi on a boat to reach a sacred place before returning to the shrine.
The rituals include a Kagura dances on a stage next to the shrine, mochi-maki (distribution of pounded steam rice cakes), Japanese drums and fireworks.
. Matsue Festivals .

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- Reference : 揖夜神社
- Reference : shimane matsue iya shrine


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