Enoshima Shrine

Enoshima Jinja
江島神社

Zuisinmon
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Founded 552
Address 2-3-8, Enoshima, Fujisawa-shi, Kanagawa prefecture, Japan
Website www.enoshimajinja.or.jp/index.html
Glossary of Shinto
Okutsuno-miya (奧津宮)

Enoshima Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Enoshima, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan. The shrine is dedicated to the worship of the kami Benten.[1] Enoshima-jinja consists of three shrines, Hetsuno-miya, Nakatsuno-miya and Okutsuno-miya.

Per legend, 12th century Japanese ruler Hojo Tokimasa visited the shrine to pray for prosperity, and there received a prophecy from a mysterious woman, who also left behind three scales, which became his family crest.[2]

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Coordinates: 35°18′02″N 139°28′47″E / 35.30056°N 139.47972°E / 35.30056; 139.47972

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