Sasamuta-jinja

Sasamuta-jinja (西寒多神社) is a Japanese Shinto shrine in Ōita, Ōita on the island of Kyushu.[1]

One of the shrine buildings at Sasamuta-jinja

History

Sasamuta was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of the old Bungo Province. It serves today as one of the ichinomiya of Oita Prefecture. [2] This place is special to the kami named Amaterasu oomikami (天照皇大御神)[1]

References
  1. Kotodamaya.com, "Sasamuta Jinja"; retrieved 2012-10-25.
  2. "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 3 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-10-25.

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