All kami of Hitachi province

The kami of Hitachi province refers collectively to the deities enshrined and venerated throughout that historical province, now largely corresponding to Ibaraki Prefecture, encompassing both major shrines like Kashima Jingu and countless local tutelary spirits tied to specific villages, clans, and natural features. These deities are traditionally understood within Shinto practice as guardians of the land and its people, connected to ancestral lineages and the wellbeing of the regional community. Devotion to these kami reflects longstanding local traditions of reverence for place, ancestry, and communal identity rather than any single unified cult or figure.”} <-- stray character; will fix below. I must output valid JSON only, correcting this.}{