By LISA VOGT/ Special to Asahi Weekly
December 20, 2022 at 08:00 JST
Okama Shrine, a subordinate to Shiogama Shrine, enshrines Shiotsuchi-no-Oji-no-Kami, the god who taught humans how to make salt. A sacred salt-making ritual is held here on July 6 every year. (Photo by Lisa Vogt)
I eavesdropped on a tour guide with salt-and-pepper hair explaining that more than 2,000 years ago, Amaterasu-Omikami, the Sun Goddess, explicitly gave orders to two deities, Takemikazuchi-no-Kami and Futsunushi-no-Kami, both gods having to do with swords, to see to it that the Tohoku area got firmly established. [Read More]
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