Shrines, temples and deities in Hiroshima

28 deities · 26 places

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Deities

Akihayatamao no Mikoto

car traffic safety1 temples

Amaterasu Omikami

Asahikawa guardianTohoku Ise shrineYokohama general guardian14 temples

Amida Nyorai

Boshin war deadJodo Shinshu devotionPure Land devotion47 temples

Ebisu

merchant prosperity ebessan1 temples

Eirei (heroic spirits)

baseball team victory1 temples

Hondawake no Mikoto (Hachiman)

calligraphy brush festival1 temples

Ichikishimahime no Mikoto

fishing & sea safetymaritime safety2 temples

Itsukushima Benzaiten

music and arts mastery1 temples

Juichimen Kannon

Kannon compassionall-round wish grantingchild-bestowing camphor tree22 temples

Mimigo ear deity

ear ailment healing1 temples

Mimigo Okami

ear ailment healing1 temples

Namikiri Fudo Myoo

wave cutting sea safetywave-calming voyage safety2 temples

Okibitsuhiko no Mikoto

momotaro demon wardingregional guardian luckvictory over evil3 temples

Owatatsumi no Mikoto

maritime safety1 temples

Oyamazumi no Kami

bicycle travel safety1 temples

Oyamazumi no Okami

cycling safetywarrior victory armor2 temples

Senju Kannon

ancestral spirit mountaincape fudaraku maritime safetycompassionate protection17 temples

Sho Kannon

Date clan ancestral templeGenpei war memorialchild raising & korori46 temples

Spirits of the war dead

victory and carp luck1 temples

Sugawara no Michizane

exam successexam success and luckexam success first tenmangu26 temples

Sumiyoshi Three Deities

river and sea safety1 temples

Susanoo no Mikoto

gion yakuyokespiritual power yakuyoke2 temples

Susanoo no Mikoto (Gozu Tenno)

gion yakuyoke epidemics1 temples

Tagitsuhime no Mikoto

safe sea crossing1 temples

Tagorihime no Mikoto

fortune and treasure1 temples

Tokugawa Ieyasu

Ieyasu veneration & luckcareer victoryclan guardian blessings5 temples

Ukanomitama no Kami

business prosperitywish fulfillment torii toss2 temples

Yakushi Nyorai

Bandai healing templeChosokabe clan templeSomin sai yakuyoke55 temples

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