Inori no Mori祈りの杜working title

Shinto shrine

Kaiseizan Daijingū

開成山大神宮(かいせいざんだいじんぐう)

Kōriyama, Fukushima Prefecture

A shrine in central Kōriyama, facing Kaiseizan Park, known as the Oise-sama of Tōhoku. It enshrines three kami: Amaterasu Ōmikami, Toyouke no Ōkami and Emperor Jinmu.

English pages are the site’s own translations of its Japanese pages. The sources cited are in Japanese. 日本語で読む

Prayers associated with this place

Enshrined kami: Amaterasu Ōmikami, Toyouke no Ōkami, Emperor Jinmu

History and things to know

According to the official guide, during the Meiji-era Asaka land development, a place for worship from afar (yōhaisho) was set up at Kaiseizan to bring people's hearts together, and the main hall and worship hall were built in Meiji 8. In Meiji 9 permission was granted to receive a divided spirit of the Jingū at Ise, and in September of that year the ceremony of transferring it was held and the shrine took its present name. In Shōwa 50 the main hall was rebuilt with old timber received from the Jingū.

Introduced by this site, based on materials from the shrine or temple and public bodies.

Related kami and buddhas

Before you visit

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Sources (in Japanese)

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