Hakusan Shrine, Shinto shrine in Japan
Hakusan Shrine stands at Cape Ashizuri in Tosashimizu, Kochi Prefecture, and enshrines Izanagi-no-Mikoto and Izanami-no-Mikoto. It was moved to its present site in 1916, when the former Shiroo Gongen shrine on Mount Shiroo was merged into it. The shrine also honors Shiroo Gongen, the inner sanctuary of Kongofuku-ji, temple 38 on the Shikoku pilgrimage. Its grounds hold a wooden komainu pair and a ship's strongbox, both designated Tosashimizu City cultural properties in 1964.
Hakusan Shrine was originally called Hakusan Gongen and was dedicated to a deity invited from Shirayama Hime Shrine in Kaga Province; it stood atop the Shiraishi cave. It was one of the guardian deities of Kongōfuku-ji, and the Yamauchi lords of Tosa, who revered it, are recorded on a ridge plaque at Kongōfuku-ji as having repaired its sanctuary. In 1916 it was merged with Shiraō Gongen and moved to its present site, becoming the tutelary shrine of the Ashizuri Cape settlement.
The shrine grounds serve as a place where visitors perform traditional hand-washing rituals before entering the inner areas. Local residents use this space regularly for personal prayers and wishes, keeping it an active gathering spot for spiritual practice.
Access to the shrine is free and available around the clock with no entry gates present. The location is easy to reach and offers good conditions for quiet visits outside major festivals when fewer people are present.
The shrine keeps two Tosashimizu City cultural properties, both designated on 15 July 1964: a wooden komainu guardian dog sculpture and a ship's strongbox (funaginko). The shrine also enshrines Shirao Gongen, the inner sanctuary deity of Kongofuku-ji, temple 38 on the Shikoku pilgrimage.
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