Isora-jinja, Shinto shrine in Mishima-oka, Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan
Isora-jinja stands in the Mishima-oka district of Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture, on part of the former grounds of the Shikinaisha Nyashiro-niimasu-Amateru-mitama-jinja. Its worship hall was rebuilt in 1979. Within the grounds are Sumiyoshi-jinja and Sakura-hime Inari-jinja, and the shrine is also known as Ibo-mizu-jinja for its water held to heal warts.
The shrine stands on part of the former grounds of the Shikinaisha Nyashiro-ni-masu-Amateru-mitama-jinja, where it was long served as a subordinate shrine. In March 1669 (Kanbun 9) that shrine moved to the northwest corner and the two were separated. A new worship hall was built in 1979 (Showa 54).
The shrine is popularly called Ibo-mizu Jinja because it is believed to cure warts, and its grounds hold a spring known as Ibo-mizu, recorded in the Settsu-shō as "Tama no Ii" and in the Settsu Meisho Zue as "Yorube no Mizu", credited with healing various illnesses. Within the precinct stand Sumiyoshi Jinja and Sakura-hime Inari Jinja.
Isora-jinja stands in Mishima-oka 1-chome, Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture, about seven minutes on foot north of JR Sōjiji Station on the JR Kyoto Line, or roughly fourteen minutes from Hankyū Sōjiji Station. Kintetsu buses bound for Hanazono Tōwa-en stop at the Iborimizu-jinja-mae bus stop. Drivers reach it in about five minutes east of the Ibaraki interchange on the Meishin Expressway via Route 171, and parking is free.
The shrine is also called Ibo-mizu Jinja because its sacred water, recorded in the Settsu-shō and Settsu Meisho Zue as "Tama no I" and "Yorube no Mizu", is believed to heal illnesses and remove warts. The grounds also hold Sumiyoshi Jinja and Sakura-hime Inari Jinja.
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