Namba Yasaka Jinja

A shrine has been called "Namba Shimomiya" since ancient times and was the god of birth in the Nanba area. It was known to the public as an old shrine that enshrined Gion Gyu no Tenno from the time of Emperor Gosanjo's Enkyu (1069 to 1073). Originally, it was a mixture of Shinto and Buddhism, but after the Meiji Restoration, the temple was abolished due to the separation of Shinto and Buddhism, and it became a gosha shrine in 1872. The current main hall was completed in May 1974. It is said that the Tsusuraki Shinto ritual held on the third Sunday of January every year was based on the historical fact that the enshrined deity of, Susano no Omi no Mikoto, extered the Yamata noorochi, and removed the hardships of the people. It is also introduced in Settsu Meisho Zue" and "Settsu Meisho Zukai Taisei". In 2001, it was designated as the first intangible folk cultural property in Osaka City. Address: 2 Chome-9-19 Motomachi, Naniwa Ward, Osaka, 556-0016, Japan