Iwafune Daijinja, Shinto shrine in Japan

Iwafune Daijinja is a Shinto shrine in Hiraishi, Kanan, Osaka Prefecture. Its grounds hold 48 rocks said to resemble boats, including large and unusual formations such as Iwafune, Namiiwa and Tōmyōiwa. The shrine is also called Toga no Miya after a sacred Japanese hemlock tree on the grounds.

The shrine's origin is tied to the myth recorded in the Kyūjiki Tenson Hongi, in which Nigihayahi no Mikoto descends from heaven onto Takerugamine in Kawachi aboard a heavenly rock boat. In the Edo period, Jiun of Kōkiji established shrine buildings here as a training hall for spreading Katsuragi Shintō. In the early Meiji years, the separation of Shinto and Buddhism split it from Kōkiji and it became Iwafune Daijinja.

The shrine is also called Toga no Miya, after the sacred Japanese hemlock (toga) on its grounds. It honours Nigihayahi no Mikoto, who according to the Shoki Nihongi descended from heaven on a heavenly rock boat to the Takergamine peak of Kawachi. The grounds hold 48 rocks said to be boat-shaped, among them the Iwafune, Namiiwa and Tōmyō rocks.

The shrine stands in Hiraishi, Kanan, in Osaka Prefecture, and is also called Toga no Miya after the sacred Japanese hemlock on its grounds. Look for the roughly 48 boat-shaped rocks in the precincts, among them the Iwafune, Namiiwa and Tōmyō rocks. The shrine is also known as Iwafune Jinja.

The shrine is also called Toga no Miya, after a sacred Japanese hemlock (toga) on its grounds. Within the precincts are said to be 48 boat-shaped rocks, among them large and unusual stones known as Iwafune, Namiiwa and Tōmyō-iwa.