Tamawakasu-no-Mikoto Shrine

Tamawakasu-no-Mikoto Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Okinoshima, Oki District, Shimane. Tamawakasu-no-Mikoto Shrine is situated nearby to the Shinto shrine 日乃賣神社, as well as near the peak Mt. Shiroyama.

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Type: Shinto shrine
Description: Shinto shrine in Shimane Prefecture, Japan
Also known as: “Tamawakasu-no-mikoto Shrine” and “Tamawakasumikoto Shrine”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Oki Airport and Oki Kokubun-ji.

Oki Airport

Aerodrome

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Oki Airport is an airport on Dōgo, one of the Oki Islands in the Shimane Prefecture of Japan. It is located approximately three kilometers south of the center of Okinoshima, the most populous town on these islands. Oki Airport is situated 3½ km south of Tamawakasu-no-Mikoto Shrine.

Oki Kokubun-ji

Buddhist temple

Photo: Saigen Jiro, CC0.

Oki Kokubun-ji is a Buddhist temple in the Ikedafuro neighborhood of the town of Okinoshima, Shimane Prefecture Japan. It belongs to the Tōji Shingon-sect, and its honzon is Shaka Nyōrai. Oki Kokubun-ji is situated 2 km north of Tamawakasu-no-Mikoto Shrine.

Mioya Shrine

Shinto shrine

Photo: Saigen Jiro, CC0.

Mioya Shrine is a Shinto shrine, which is situated 1½ km east of Tamawakasu-no-Mikoto Shrine.

Tamawakasu-no-Mikoto Shrine

Categories: Shikinaisha, Kokuhei-sha, place of worship, and religion
Location: Okinoshima, Oki District, Shimane, Chugoku, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

36.20705° or 36° 12′ 25″ north

Longitude

133.31288° or 133° 18′ 46″ east

Open location code

8Q8M6847+R5

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

Wikidata ID

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In Other Languages

From French to Japanese—“Tamawakasu-no-Mikoto Shrine” goes by many names.

French: “sanctuaire de Tamawakasu-no-Mikoto”
French: “Sanctuaire de Tamawakasu-no-Mikoto”
Indonesian: “Kuil Tamawakasu-no-Mikoto”
Japanese: “玉若酢命神社”
Japanese: “総社明神”
Japanese: “若酢大明神”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include 日乃賣神社 and Mt. Shiroyama.

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