New Year's visit to Izanagi Shrine in 2025

#tripDomesticTravel Happy New Year💓 I hope to continue posting at my own pace this year☺️ Thank you for your support! This year, I went to Izanagi Shrine, the Ichinomiya of Awaji Province, on Awaji Island🥰✨️ I was surprised to see a huge line😳 I also dedicated a votive plaque and received a goshuin⛩ It looks like a good start to the New Year, being able to visit the oldest shrine in Japan🥳 Where did you all go for your first visit of the year? ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ About Izanagi Shrine ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Izanagi Shrine is an ancient shrine that enshrines the two husband and wife gods, Izanagi-no-Okami and Izanami-no-Okami, who are the main characters of the creation myth✨️ It is said to be the oldest shrine in Japan according to the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki It is also the oldest shrine in Japan that enshrines the first husband and wife gods🫶 It is said that Izanagi-no-Okami, who had accomplished his divine merit of creating the country and the gods, spent the rest of his life in a secluded palace here 😌The blessings said here include matchmaking, success in love, fertility, prayers for safe childbirth, safety of the home, prosperity of descendants, warding off evil, good health, recovery from illness, long life, prosperity in business, and good fortune in careers 👀🍽Spot information━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━📍Izanagi Shrine, the Ichinomiya of Awaji Province 🗺Address: 740 Taga, Awaji City, Hyogo Prefecture 🚗Access: Public transportation: JR Sannomiya Station → Take the express bus on the Sannomiya-Nishiura line for 1 hour and 10 minutes, get off at the bus stop: Izanagi-jingu-mae, a short walk away 🅿️Parking: Available. During the New Year's visit season, the schoolyard of a nearby school becomes a parking lot (¥500) #NewYearsVisit #IzanagiJingu #PowerSpot #ShrineStamp #AwajiIsland