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Tsukubasan Shrine 筑波山神社 (Tsukubasan Jinja)
Worship hall haiden
Religion
Affiliation	Shinto
Deity	Izanagi (伊弉諾尊) and Izanami (伊弉冊尊)
Festival	April 1, Ozagawari, November 1 (Ozagawari)
Type	Beppyo shrine
Location
Location	Tsukuba 1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, JAPAN, 300-4352
Shown within Japan
Geographic coordinates	36°12′49.25″N 140°6′4.72″E / 36.2136806°N 140.1013111°E / 36.2136806; 140.1013111
Website
www.tsukubasanjinja.jp
Glossary of Shinto

Tsukubasan Shrine (筑波山神社, Tsukubasan jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. It enshrines the kami Izanagi (伊弉諾尊) and Izanami (伊弉冊尊). The shrine is located on Mount Tsukuba, close to the station for the Mount Tsukuba Cable Car, a funicular railway that leads up towards the summit of Mount Tsukuba. The shrine is designated by the Association of Shinto Shrines as a Beppyo shrine (別表神社), a shrine with special characteristics.

Tsukubasan shrine is dedicated to the gods of family safety, harmony within marriage, and matchmaking.^[1]

Introduction[edit]

Tsukubasan shrine is located on the slopes and summit of Mt. Tsukuba. The main shrines are located on the twin summits of Mt. Tsukuba, while the hall of worship and other precincts are lower down the mountain, close to the cable car station. In addition to the main shrine, there are four auxiliary shrines or sessha (摂社). The auxiliary shrines lie along the Shirakumo Bridge trail up to the summit of Mt. Tsukuba and enshrine the child gods of Izanagi and Izanabaku. There are also said to be at least 100 subordinate shrines.

Enshrined deities[edit]

The gods Izanagi (伊弉諾尊) and Izanami (伊弉冊尊) are enshrined.

History[edit]

There is no official date for the establishment of the shrine.

Ozagawari Festivals[edit]

The main festivals of the shrine take place on the 1st of April and the 1st of November. On the 1st April an omikoshi holding a child god is escorted up the mountain. In November, the procession is reversed.

References[edit]

^ "Sightseeing Mt. Tsukuba".

External links[edit]

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Official website

Shinto shrines

Shinto architecture

Buildings	chōzu or temizu Haiden Heiden hokora honden / shinden / shōden kagura-den setsumatsusha
Architectonic elements	Chinjusha chigi hidden roof kaerumata: see nakazonae kairō karahafu karamon katōmado katsuogi kitsune (fox) komainu mon nakazonae shinboku shōrō sōrin tamagaki tokyō torii tōrō
Styles	hirairi-zukuri tsumairi-zukuri hachiman-zukuri hiyoshi-zukuri irimoya-zukuri ishi-no-ma-zukuri kasuga-zukuri kibitsu-zukuri misedana-zukuri nagare-zukuri ōtori-zukuri owari-zukuri ryōnagare-zukuri shinmei-zukuri sumiyoshi-zukuri taisha-zukuri
Decorations	Sandō Saisen Tomoe Shimenawa

Others

Implements	An Chōzubachi Chōzuya Hakama Himorogi Jōe Kagura suzu O-miki Ō-nusa Gohei Sanbo Shide Shinsen Suzu Tamagushi Masakaki Washi
Head shrines¹	Fushimi Inari Taisha Inari Okami Inari shrine Usa Hachiman-gū Hachiman Hachiman Shrine Ise Grand Shrine Amaterasu Jingūkyō Jingu Taima Shinmei shrines Dazaifu Tenman-gū Tenjin Tenmangū Munakata Taisha daughters of Amaterasu Suwa Taisha Takeminakata Yasakatome Kotoshironushi Hiyoshi Taisha Ōkuninushi Oyamakui no Kami Sannō torii Sannō Ichijitsu Shintō Kumano Nachi Taisha Kumano Kodō Kumano Sanzan Tsushima Shrine Gion worship Yasaka Shrine Gion worship
Tutelary deities	Ujigami Chinjugami Garanshin Dōsojin Jinushigami Yama-no-Kami Oyagami Sorei Ubusunagami Kunitama
Yorishiro and Shintai	Mirrors Shinboku (trees) Chinju no Mori (forests) Iwakura (rocks) Meoto Iwa Kannabi (locations) Katashiro (dolls) Kadomatsu Bunrei and Kanjō (propagation) Ofuda Jingu Taima Omamori Senjafuda Arahitogami Mikoshi Matsuri float Shinko-shiki
Staff	Kannushi Miko
Miscellaneous	A-un Kanjo Nawa Junrei Misaki Miyamairi Shinshi
Classification	Twenty-Two Shrines Gokoku Shrines Beppyo Shrines Shinkai (divine rank) Modern system of ranked Shinto shrines Engishiki Jinmyocho Chinjusha Setsumatsusha Hokora Buddhist elements jingū-ji miyadera Whale mounds Kamidana Mitamaya Sōja shrine
History	Shrine Parishioner Registration Secular Shrine Theory Shrine Consolidation Policy Shrine Shinto
Misc practices for visitors	Ō-mikuji Shuin Ema
Institutions	Jinja Honchō
Rites	Futomani Harae Kagura Misogi Hakushu Two bows, two claps, one bow Jichinsai
¹ (in order of the size of the shrine network they head)

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