Awashima Shrine

Awashima Shrine

Info

  • Address:
  • Kada, Wakayama City, Utayama Prefecture 116
  • Public Transportation:  
About 20 minutes walk from Kata Station on the Nankai Kata Line
  • Car Access:  
About 40 minutes by car from Hanwa Expressway Wakayama IC
  • Phone Number:  
  • 073-459-0043

Business Hours

09:00~17:00
■ Receipt of Admission and Award: 9 am-5 pm ■ Treasure Hall: 10 am-4 pm

Spot Category

Shrines, churches, museums, science houses, and materials

The headquarters of the Awashima Shrine system, which has more than 1000 companies in Japan. It boasts one of the best history in the prefecture. It enshrines Shaohiko Mei (Sukuna Hikona no Mikoto), and is said to have a good effect on women, and it is full of women visiting for safe-birth and child-giving prayers. The hall of worship is lined with dolls dedicated from all over the country, and a fantastic world spreads out in front of you.

Each year, on March 3, a ritual of chickling shedding to the sea is performed after the exorcism of Miyaji, with the mako doll dedicated from all over the country and a wish written on the boat of Shiraki.

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