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Matuno-o Taisha Shrine (松尾大社）


This article is a part of the "the guardian of imperial court in Kyoto". Please refer back to my previous articles; Heian Jingu Shrine, Kamo Wake-ikaduchi Jinja Shrine, and Jo Nan Gu Shrine. 


The Main Alter
Matsu-no-o Taisha Shrine（松尾大社） is located in the west from the central Kyoto near the Mt. Matsu-no-o, a place which is said that the god lives.The shrine is the the very first shrine in Kyoto area in history (existed before the Emperor Kanmu's move) and it has served as western gurdian of the imperial palace after Kanmu settled.
  
The shrine was firstly built by the local cran called "Hata-Uji(秦氏）". Hata-Uji, the repotedly decendant of the first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang (秦始皇), came from China to Yamashiro area (mainly, the current Kyoto area) and settled. They had had strength in finance, which got them closer to the political power, and Kanmu's move was supported by their finance. After Kanmu settled in the Heian-Kyo palace in Kyoto, he and the imperial court decided to take the Shrine as their western gurdian.
  
The enshrined god is called Oo-yama-kui-no-kami. In Japanse, Oo is great, Yama is a mountain, kui is a stake and Kami is god. Therefore, its literal meaning is "A god driving in a stake into a mountain" and it exists as a gurdian of mountain. Today, the god is famous as a sake god (Sake: Japanese rice wine), so many sake manufactures/sellers donated to the shrine for the god's protection to their sake sales. In front of the main alter, there are a lot of barrels of sake given to the god. As a shrine having an ancient origin, the shrine has a huge garden with flowers in Spring, maple leaves in Autum nuy you need pay the admission fee if you go inside of the special garden. The alter and main space of the shrine is free for admission.  Since being nearby the mountains, it is comfortable in summer with flesh air but it is very snowy and cold in winter.
  
Besides the main alter, there are some small alters for other gods enshrined in other shrines.  These are built for prayers who cannot go to the shrines directly (serving as satelite alters). However, the main god is inside the main alter, so the prayers firslty say hello to the main god of this shrine before going to these small alters.
  
In the reception, there are talismans, lucky items blessed by the god for sales and you can buy them. Among those items, they have a sacred sake for sales, too. If you are interested in the sake, you can buy and enjoy the taste.

The location is a bit far from the main streets of Kyoto currently, so the number of visitors are less than those in the main areas. Less people mean that the level of serenity is quite high and some people may literally feel its sacredness in the shrine.

You can see sake barrels in its left (white barrels).

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場所: 日本, 〒616-0024 京都府京都市西京区嵐山宮町３ 松尾大社

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