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備前一宮の吉備津彦神社は吉備津彦命を祀った由緒ある神社です。
吉備津彦命は古代、吉備に勢力を誇った温羅という一族を倒し、桃太郎伝説の基になった人物で、卑弥呼の弟とされています。
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It is said that Kibitsuhiko Shrine was built at the age of Emperor SUIKO (554-628). The shrine is the most important shrine in "Bizen" Area, the east part of the current Okayama Prefecture. Kibitsuhiko Shrine deifies Kibitsuhiko-no-Mikoto, who lived before the recorded history of Japan. A hypothesis of archaeologists says Kibitsuhiko-no-Mikoto was a younger brother of "HIMIKO", who first ever united Japan in the third century.
If you walk from Bizen-Ichinomiya Station, you will see the first "Torii" Gate of Kibitsuhiko Shrine in front of a hill named "Kibi-no-Nakayama". The approach leads you to the "Zuishin-Mon" Gate through the middle of ponds.
The "Zuishin-Mon" Gate was rebuilt in 1697 by IKEDA Tsunamasa (1638-1714) , who was the second feudal lord of Okayama Domain.
If you walk up stone stairs, you will arrive at the Worship Hall of Kibitsuhiko Shrine. Kibitsuhiko Shrine is a very old shrine, but the Worship Hall was rebuilt in 1936, as the shrine suffered fires many times.
Bihind the Worship Hall, a Watariden Hall, a Saimonden Hall and a Holy Shrine are located on the axis from the Torii Gate to the Worship Hall.
The Worship Hall was rebuilt by IKEDA Tsunamasa in 1697, and designated as an important property of Okayama Prefecture.
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