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Traffic Guide
JR Hanwa-line Tennouji→Wakayama(1h,￥830)
Nankai Kishigawa-line Wakayama→Idakiso(19min,￥280)

Dedicatee
God Itakeru,Goddess Ohya-tsu-hime,Godess Tsuma-tsu-hime ,who are brothers and sisters.
God Itakeru is also called God Ohyahiko or God Isaoshi(useful).
He is the god of boats,trees and life.

Origin
　 According to the first note of Nihon-shoki,God Susa-no-wo made beard into Japanese cedar,chest hair into Japanese cypress,buttock hair into Japanese torreya and eyebrow into camphor tree.They said that Japanese cedar and camphor tree is a good for boats,Japanese cypress is good for shrines and Japanese torreya is good for coffins.
So,God Susa-no-wo recommended to sow them and God Itakeru,Godess Ohya-tsu-hime,Godess Tsuma-tsu-hime,who are his sons and daughters,seeded them widely.Therefore,God Itakeru is said "Great god of Ki-i country(Now Wakayama and Mie prefecture)".*1
God Itakeru story is a legend about the introduction of needlereef trees. Before later-Jomon period,there were a lot of laurilignosa and little needlereef trees.In later-Jomon period,needlereef trees such as pine trees were brought from China or Korea.
Some people says that God Susa-no-wo is the god of typhoon and God Itakeru is the agent of him,as the god of heavy typhoon.*2
　 Typhoon 12th in 1996 passded the area where these gods are dedicated. That is Shimabara,Ariake,Tsukushi,Tamba,Sado and Mutsu.
According to "Uwatsu-ki" written in 1223, God Itakeru completed the oldest character of Japan called "Jingu Moji".*4

Place changes of Shrine Idakiso
A lot of people who worked at forests or seas were in Ki-i country and the mouth of Kinokawa-river was the good port of fine quality woods.Shrine Idakiso was near there,Akizuki(now Shrine Nitizen-gu).After the Ki family dominated the North of Ki-i country,this shrine were obliged to move into Inomori at Sando(now Shrine Mibu,500 meters south-east from the present place).At that time the shrine dedicated God Itakeru,Godess Ohya-tsu-hime and Godess Tsuma-tsu-hime.And then the three god and godess dedicated three different shrines and the shrine dedicating God Itakeru constructed at Idakiso.Mr.Suzuo Oku,the priest of Shrine Idakiso,say that these three shrines place on the circle which center is Akizuki and radius is 5km like a stationary orbit.
Kire kitchen midden is in a litte west of the shrine and this means that Sando was the seaside and there are a lot of remains of Jomon-period in Oike,a little east of the shrine.Therefore,we can say that the area around Sando was cultivated in ancient time.By the way,Sando is next to Susa or Oku-Susa.It is interesting that these areas occures me God Susa-no-wo.

God of trees
Steal is necessity for arms,shipbuilding and tools for reclaiming field or river improvement.So,charcoal for iron manufacture is the important strategic goods.Wakayama area play an important part as a charcol-production district because the climate is worm enough to grow woods.Of course the quality of charcoal was very good.
In Wakayama,a lot of charcoal was producted before ww�U.So,the god of trees are still respected.Then a lot of scholars says God Susa-no-wo is the god of iron manufacture.

House of worship


View
This shrine is beautiful.There is a large Japanese torreya at the side of torii and it is suitable for the shrine dedicated the god of trees.There was a holy wood,a large Japanese cedar which age was some hundreds old.But it deid after ww�U.There is a beautiful harmony between the color of the pond and that of Taiko bridge.

House of the God. Hon-den


Picture From Kii-koku Meisho-zue made at Edo-jidai.


Festival
In the festival day,the god isn't in heaven but in the shrine.Let's visit the shrine and pay offertories.
Jan.14,15 Ujyo-sai praying a lot of harvest
Apr. 1st Sunday Ki-matsuri praying the good growth of trees
Jul.30th Chinowa-sai Going trough the special ring,you must be healthy. Legend of Shourai Somin.
Oct.15th Autumn festival thanks for rich harvest with Mikoshi.

Family shrine
Shrine Nyu　　　Godess Nyu-tsu-hime(2.5km north of Shrine Idakiso) the holiest place.
Shrine Susa　　　God Susa-no-wo(1 minite walk from Senda bus stop,for Tamura-Yuasa from JR Minoshima station)*3

Friend shrine
Gion-sha God Susa-no-wo
Ebisu-sha God Ebisu
Iwa-mado-sha The god of house
Mii-sha The god of clean
Mibu Shrine Former Shine Idakiso with typical shrine forest

*1 Nihon no kamigami(Matsumae Takeshi)
*2 Doutaku he no chousen(Harada Dairoku)
*3 Wakayama-ken no rekishi sanpo
*4 Shindai-moji no nazo
*5 Wakayama-ken Jinja-shi