Murou Ryuketsu Shrine

Kichisho Ryuho in the back palace has been noticed as a power spot in recent years

Original Text

The deity was the Goryeo deity, the old village shrine in the ceremony, and until the separation of Shinto and Buddhism in the first year of the Meiji era, it was said that it was the guardian of the main Buddha of Murouji Temple. The main shrine is said to have been relocated from the shrine of Kasuga Taisha Wakamiya in 1672. In recent years, the Kichisho Ryuho hole in Okunomiya has attracted attention as a power spot, and the number of people visiting is increasing. There is a nice public toilet, but there is no parking lot. Everyone is parked on the street in front of the precincts.

The giant cedar tree looks like a gate!

Original Text

　After running a little on the prefectural road from Murouji Temple to the mountain on the south side, there was Murou Ryuana Shrine next to the road. There is a torii gate beside the road, and the parking lot is on the side of the road. The torii is between two giant cedar trees. The giant cedar trees stand like a gate pillar ２. The company was also in the cedar forest. It seems that the god of water, the god of dragon, is enshrined, but it was a shrine surrounded by sacred air among the giant cedar trees.

A quiet and noble company

Original Text

It is a shrine near Murouji Temple where the gods of water, Takaokami no Kami, and Zenyo Ryuo are enshrined. The bus will be the next bus stop of Murouji Temple, but in contrast to the bustle of Teramachi around Murouji Temple, this is quiet and there are no stores in the area, so it is a sanctuary that you visit for original prayer and gratitude. The nobility of the sanctuary I can feel it. The deity is also connected to Kifune Shrine in Kyoto, but it is surrounded by high cedar trees and is important from ancient times in silence. ...

A shrine in a giant cedar tree

Original Text

　From Murouji Temple, I went back about 1km along the Murou River, that is, when I headed south, there was Murou Ryuana Shrine along the road. I parked my car in a roadside parking lot and passed through the torii gate where the giant Japanese cedar trees look like gates. When I entered the precincts from here, the shrine was built while the giant cedar trees were overgrown. This Murou Ryuana Shrine is an old shrine with an older history than Murouji Temple, and is a shrine dedicated to the water god, Ryujin. It is said that an envoy begging for rain was sent from the imperial court in the Heian period ...

God of rain begging

Original Text

It is a shrine that enshrines Takaogami, who controls water and rain, and Sennyo Ryuou, the god of begging for rain. The dense grove has a sacred atmosphere. I wanted to go to Myokichi Shoryu Cave, which is the origin of the name, but unfortunately it was closed because there was a danger of landslides.