Sumiyoshi-taisha

Sumiyoshi-taisha (住吉大社), also known as Sumiyoshi Grand Shrine, is a Shinto shrine in Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It is the main shrine of all the Sumiyoshi shrines in Japan. However, the oldest shrine that enshrines the Sumiyoshi sanjin, the three Sumiyoshi kami, is the Sumiyoshi Shrine in Hakata.

Sumiyoshi taisha
住吉大社
Sumiyoshi Grand Shrine
Religion
AffiliationShinto
DeitySokotsutsu no Onomikoto
Nakatsutsu no Onomikoto
Uwatsutsu no Onomikoto
Okinagatarashi-hime no Mikoto
Location
Location9-89, Sumiyoshi 2-chome, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture 558-0045, Japan
Shown within Japan
Geographic coordinates34°36′46.07″N 135°29′34.59″E
Architecture
StyleSumiyoshi-zukuri
FounderTamomi no Sukune
Date established211
Website
www.sumiyoshitaisha.net
Glossary of Shinto

It is called Sumiyoshi-san or Sumiyossan by the locals, and is famous for the large crowds that come to the shrine on New Year's Day for hatsumōde.

Sumiyoshi taisha enshrines the Sumiyoshi sanjin (Sokotsutsu no Ono-mikoto, Nakatsutsu no Ono-mikoto, and Uwatsutsu no Ono-mikoto) (collectively known as the "Sumiyoshi Ōkami") and Okinagatarashi-hime no Mikoto (Empress Jingū).

It gives its name to a style of shrine architecture known as Sumiyoshi-zukuri.

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