阿遅速雄神社, Shinto shrine in Japan
Achihasao Shrine is an old Shinto shrine in Osaka located in a quiet area surrounded by many trees. The grounds contain a main hall, several subsidiary shrines, and a sacred pond that features in local legends.
According to shrine tradition, it began in 668 when the monk Dogyo, fleeing to Silla with the stolen Kusanagi sword, threw it into a river mouth in a storm; villagers retrieved it and temporarily enshrined it here before its return to Atsuta Jingu. In the Meiji era the shrine was moved to its present site during construction of the Naniwa Railway, now the Katamachi Line.
The shrine is where visitors can observe people expressing their wishes in quiet prayer and reflection. The multiple subsidiary shrines throughout the grounds show how different deities are called upon here for health, prosperity, and protection.
The shrine faces Osaka Prefectural Route 159 (Hirano-Moriguchi line), about 200 m east of JR Hōsetsu Station, served by the JR Gakkentoshi and JR Ōsaka-Higashi lines. The main hall, front gate and pond lie close together, so the grounds can be covered on foot in a short visit.
The great camphor tree in the grounds is said to be 1,000 years old, 16 m tall with a trunk circumference of 6 m. Its main trunk died after a lightning strike in the Taishō era, but treated secondary trunks survive; in 1963 it was designated a natural monument of Osaka Prefecture as the "Camphor of Achihasao Shrine".
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