Hiraoka Shrine
The Hiraoka Shrine ( Japanese 枚 岡 神社 Hiraoka-jinja ) is a Shinto shrine in Higashiōsaka (in the area of the former city of Sawara) in Osaka Prefecture , Japan .
It is said to date from the 7th century. What is certain is that it is already mentioned in Engishiki and was Ichi-no-miya ("First Shrine") of the Kawachi Province , as well as kanpa taisha (or kanbei taisha ; "Great Imperial Shrine") in the 4th year of the Meiji period. was appointed.
Amenokoyane-no-Mikoto is venerated here as the ancestral kami ( sojin ) of the Fujiwara clan, and Hime-no-Kami , Takemikazuchi-no-Mikoto and Futsunushi-no-Mikoto are the main kami of the shrine.
The last new building of the main shrine ( honden ) dates from the early 19th century. Because of the multitude of trees in its immediate vicinity (including cinnamon, cedar and cherry blossom), the Japanese Ministry of the Environment selected this place as one of the “100 Aromatic Landscapes of Japan” ( か お り 風景 100 選 , kaori fūkei 100-sen ) in March 2002 .
The shrine's fall festival on October 14th and 15th is the largest in the prefecture and is celebrated with around 20 taiko drums on the grounds. On December 25th, the shrine's Shimenawa are renewed in a grand ceremony ( shimenawa-taki or shimenawakake-shinji ).
In a ceremony called Okayu-ura-go-shinji or Kayuura-shinji (formerly also known as Taura-sai ), which dates back to before the 13th century and is related to oracle practices, 53 bamboos are produced on January 15th Tied with wisteria and cooked in a slime soup (made from 3 parts of adzuki beans and 5 parts of rice) for 2 hours and then interpreted the future harvest from it.
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Coordinates: 34 ° 40 ′ 12 ″ N , 135 ° 39 ′ 2.5 ″ E