{"id":286752,"date":"2026-07-24T18:44:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T09:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/travelpost\/%e5%90%89%e5%82%99%e6%b4%a5%e5%bd%a6%e7%a5%9e%e7%a4%be\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T18:44:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T09:44:47","slug":"%e5%90%89%e5%82%99%e6%b4%a5%e5%bd%a6%e7%a5%9e%e7%a4%be","status":"publish","type":"travelpost","link":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/travelpost\/286752\/","title":{"rendered":"Jibu Tsuhiko Shrine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oss.allway-japan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/SI_26033668_47758.jpg\"\/><br \/>Okayama City's designated important cultural property, a large lantern 11.5m tall with an 8-tatami mat base<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oss.allway-japan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/SI_26033668_83154.jpg\"\/><br \/>Okayama Prefecture Designated Important Cultural Property, the main shrine of the Sankasha style building (right back building)<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oss.allway-japan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/SI_26033668_144913.jpg\"\/><br \/>There are many amulets related to peaches because the god of the priest, Oyoshi Tsuhiko, is famous as a model of Momotaro<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oss.allway-japan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/SI_26033668_83156.jpg\"\/><br \/>The building at the back of the main approach is the Zuijin Gate, designated as an important cultural property by Okayama City.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">The information provided reflects the details available at the time of the survey.<br \/>Please note that facility details may change due to the facility\u2019s circumstances, so please check for the latest information before visiting.\nThis content has been translated using machine translation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Information provided by: JTB Publishing<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">This content uses automatic translation services. Automatic translations may not always be accurate.<br \/>Please note that the translated content may differ from the original meaning. We ask for your understanding when using this content.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is the Ichinomiya of Bizen Province and is also known as the birthplace of the Momotaro legend, Kagura, and Bizen swords. The deity worshipped, Okikibi no Mikoto, is famous as the model for the folktale of Momotaro, having governed the Kibi region. The shrine is located at the eastern foot of Kibi Nakayama, a sacred mountain that enshrines a rock seat, and is said to have been built on the site of Okikibi no Mikoto's residence. In May 2018, it was designated as a Japanese heritage site as part of the cultural property \"The Town of Momotaro Legends - The Story of Demon Slaying Invoked by the Ancient Kibi Heritage.\" The sacred sword, Momotaro Yusuke (designated as an important cultural property of Okayama Prefecture), is a large sword with a blade length exceeding three shaku, and its hamon is said to be \"Shinshinran,\" which conveys a prayer for peace, stating \"to calm the hearts of people by the divine.\" It has deep ties to the former Okayama feudal lord Ikeda family, enshrining Takemikazuchi no Mikoto (Lord Nobutaka Ikeda) and Kasei Teru no Mikoto (Lord Terumasa Ikeda), and during the autumn festival, traditional artillery ceremonies are conducted by the Bizen Okayama Castle gun squad.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":215933,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false},"categories":[75],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-286752","travelpost","type-travelpost","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spot"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/travelpost\/286752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/travelpost"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/travelpost"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/travelpost\/286752\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}