Shrines, temples and deities in Hiroshima

28 deities · 26 places

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Deities

Akihayatamao no Mikoto

car traffic safety1 place

Amaterasu Omikami

Asahikawa guardianTohoku Ise shrineYokohama general guardian14 places

Amida Nyorai

Boshin war deadJodo Shinshu devotionPure Land devotion47 places

Ebisu

merchant prosperity ebessan1 place

Eirei (heroic spirits)

baseball team victory1 place

Hondawake no Mikoto (Hachiman)

calligraphy brush festival1 place

Ichikishimahime no Mikoto

fishing & sea safetymaritime safety2 places

Itsukushima Benzaiten

music and arts mastery1 place

Juichimen Kannon

Kannon compassionall-round wish grantingchild-bestowing camphor tree22 places

Mimigo ear deity

ear ailment healing1 place

Mimigo Okami

ear ailment healing1 place

Namikiri Fudo Myoo

wave cutting sea safetywave-calming voyage safety2 places

Okibitsuhiko no Mikoto

momotaro demon wardingregional guardian luckvictory over evil3 places

Owatatsumi no Mikoto

maritime safety1 place

Oyamazumi no Kami

bicycle travel safety1 place

Oyamazumi no Okami

cycling safetywarrior victory armor2 places

Senju Kannon

ancestral spirit mountaincape fudaraku maritime safetycompassionate protection17 places

Sho Kannon

Date clan ancestral templeGenpei war memorialchild raising & korori46 places

Spirits of the war dead

victory and carp luck1 place

Sugawara no Michizane

exam successexam success and luckexam success first tenmangu26 places

Sumiyoshi Three Deities

river and sea safety1 place

Susanoo no Mikoto

gion yakuyokespiritual power yakuyoke2 places

Susanoo no Mikoto (Gozu Tenno)

gion yakuyoke epidemics1 place

Tagitsuhime no Mikoto

safe sea crossing1 place

Tagorihime no Mikoto

fortune and treasure1 place

Tokugawa Ieyasu

Ieyasu veneration & luckcareer victoryclan guardian blessings5 places

Ukanomitama no Kami

business prosperitywish fulfillment torii toss2 places

Yakushi Nyorai

Bandai healing templeChosokabe clan templeSomin sai yakuyoke55 places

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