Oyamazumi Jinja

An Old Sacred Shrine with a Long History in a Small Island

I was struck with awe to find such a solemn shrine on a small island in the middle of the Seto Inland Sea. It has 3 museums and 2 of them have kept a lot of historical materials including swords and ...

National Treasure

Although the museum of this historic shrine is sadly not very well maintained, the items on display include multiple national treasures, including those offered to the shrine by famous characters in J...

Important historical shrine, peaceful atmosphere

Excellent to visit: large open spaces, very old trees, and has a really peaceful atmosphere. I think the best Shrine I've seen outside of Kyoto and Tokyo.

Only if you have extra time

This is a nice shrine, the entrance gate seems nice and its rather interesting. the old tree is indeed impressive, otherwise nothing special.

Small and beautiful Shinto shrine

I stopped at the Oyamazumi Shrine on Omishima Island while biking the Shimanami route from Onomichi to Imabari. Someone at the Onomichi U2 told me that this shrine is very important and was a place I ...