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Okunitama no Kami is a Shinto deity venerated as a guardian spirit of the land, closely associated with the territory and ancestral heritage of a given province or region in Japan. The name itself, meaning roughly "great spirit of the land," reflects a tradition in which local tutelary kami embody the collective spirit and history of a place and its people. Shrines dedicated to Okunitama no Kami, such as the Okunitama Shrine in Fuchū, Tokyo, serve as centers where communities honor this connection between land, ancestry, and regional identity.
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