Hirasaki Shrine

, also known as Hirakiki Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Ibusuki in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. 

It claims to be the Ichinomiya or the most important shinto shrine of Satsuma Province. Nitta Shrine also claims this.

The main festival of the shrine happens on October 14 to 16.

 Enshrined kami 
The kami worshipped at Hirasaki Shrine are:

 , another name for Amaterasu Ōmikami
 , five male and three female kami listed in the Kojiki
 Three female deities (daughters of Amaterasu Ōmikami) 
 Tagori-hime
 Ichikishima-hime
 Tagitsu-hime
 Five male deities (sons of Amaterasu Ōmikami)

 Ame no Hohi

 Ikutsuhikone


 History 
It was first mentioned in the Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku"  on March 20, 860.

It is called Hiyaki Shrine in the Engishiki Jinmyōchō.

Historical records are inconsistent in what gods they say the shrine was for.

Records from the Muromachi period say it worshipped Watatsumi or Sarutahiko Ōkami and records from the early Meiji period say it worshipped Kuni-no-Tokotachi, Toyotama-hime, or Konohanasakuya-hime as well as Amaterasu Ōmikami.

People from the Ryukyu Islands used to go here to pray for protection when sailing.

 Cultural Properties 
This is the list of registered important cultural properties at the shrine

 Important Cultural Properties 

  Muromachi period. 

 Kagoshima Prefecture Tangible Cultural Property 

 . 

 Related pages 

 List of Shinto shrines in Japan
 Modern system of ranked Shinto Shrines

 References 

 Other websites 

 Official Website 

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