Hidden Shrines of Ise 8 - Going to Haku-san

When I visted the Haku-san Chukyo Jinjya, I sensed a very ancient god residing at the honden, main shrine. It seemed to be the parent gods of Izanami and Izanagi. Here, the vibrational energy of the gods was in oneness with Haku-san. The large shrines where they worship Haku-san would always place Izanami and Izanagi as their main god of worship. The worship of Kukuri-hime-kami was added later at the Haku-san Shrines. It was because Kukuri-hime-kami had hold together the husband and wife god, Izanami and Izanagi, to later become the parents of Amaterasu-Ohomikami.

In the Japanese Mythology, Izanami and Izanagi are the gods who made the land of Japan, and all the gods of Amatsu-kami (the Heavenly Gods) and Kuni-tsukami (the Earthly Gods). However, at Ise Jingu and other shrines that worship the Heavenly Gods, they have a policy not to worship the parent gods but to bring the daughter god as the director of earthly events.

At the Haku-san Shrines, God Izanami and Izanagi has been the main gods to be worshipped from the ancient times. Haku-san is the place where the parents of all land and gods of Japan reside.

After visiting the main shrine, we went to the shrine on the right side to the main shrine. This shrine worships Amaterasu-Ohomikami. Here I witnessed a nichirin, circle of light, just like I had seen at Ise Jingu. The left side shrine was for God Ninigi (Amatsu-kami). I sensed a God Spirit at this place as well. At the other shrine where God Sarutahiko (Kunitsu-kami) is worshipped, I also sensed a God Spirit in residence.

It is very rare to have all the shrines big and small to be alive like this. Especially the God Ninigi is worshipped in many different shrines through out Japan, but this was the first time I felt a God Spirit alive inside the shrines. Many other shrines were more business minded, in which case, the God Spirits no longer nest at such place.

I was glad to have visited this shrine, Haku-san Chukyo Jinjya at the end of my journey. It was worth the while. All the major gods resided in this shrine. It could become the place of the second Tenson Korin. It is interesting that both Ise Jingu and Haku-san Chukyo Jinjya were built at the time of Emperor Ouryaku (456-479 AD). I sense the Will Power of the Kuni-tama (the soul of the land) behind this Emperor.

From now on, as the line between Ise and Haku-san opens for the Divine Power to descent, more people will start to visit this area and the shrines. And the door will open for the World of Gods to interfere with this earthly dimension. This was all planned from the ancient times.

By this door opening, the war will come to an end between the Amatsu-kami and Kunitsu-kami, between countries, between societies, between familes… All will come to peace for the New Era to begin.

For the future generation, the spirits from the future will have to interfere into the present. Those who are willingly able to do the round trip between Ise and Haku-san might be the people from the future who are here to help this era of chaos. If you cannot do it, don’t worry. As long as you keep cleaning your ancestral pipeline and send gratitude to everything around you that will be more than enough.

If you are visiting the shrines, it is best to go on your own or with your family rather than going with a big group.

I ended my journey by visiting two more shrines. Nagataki-Hakusan-Jinjya and Hakusan-Hime-Jinjya.
I feel that I am getting younger day by day.

Ikashite-itadaite Arigato-gozaimasu

Thank you for letting use live

Hidden Shrines of Ise - 3

After visiting the Izawa Jinjya, we sent to Izawa-no-miya (伊雑宮). On the road towards Izawa-no-miya. I was experiencing a very heavy weight on my back. I understood it was Kunitsu-kami (国津神) and other gods who ended their lives. As I started to walk the sando path, one step at a time the heaviness seem to go away. When you come to the middle of the path, you will see a well in the forest. When I thought that Princess Yamato-hime-no-mikoto had also come here to purify herself before making a vow, I became emotional.

From Heian Period (794~), the local people had repeatedly claimed that Izawa-no-miya is in fact the main shrine to worship Amaterasu-Ohomikami. During the Edo Period (1603~), they claimed that the Naiku is a lower rank shrine and they were punished. Fifty village people were exiled and died leaving their sorrow behind.

The sai-jin (祭神), official god of Geku is Toyouke-Ookami (豊受大神). Toyouke-Ookami, Amaterasu-Ohomikami and Kunitoko-tachi-kami is actually one and the same. And the local Shintoist called Watarai Family claimed that these gods are the supreme gods. This family is local to the area where Izawa-no-miya reside. It shows that the local people were very passionate about the gods. 

Why were they so devoted to worship the gods? The answer comes from rice making culture. The area where Izawa-no-miya resides has always been a rice-making district from the ancient times. Therefore the local people were financially wealthy as well. When you are well off, you have more peace of mind and able to have the sense of gratitude towards the gods. Mysteriously, as long as they held the rituals and worshipped the gods, they never had problems in the rice production. Even when the other areas were not doing so good, they never had any kind of damage. This is because the goddess Amaterasu-Ohomikami who brought rice (kome) into this world reside at Izawa-no-miya. This shrine existed way before Naiku was establised over two thousand years. If the scientists could dig the area and research the remains, I am sure they will find that the shrine already existed around the Jōmon Period (12000~ 3000 years ago).

Izawa-no-miya’s official god crescent is a kagome (篭目紋). Its design is identical to the Star of David, the Jewish symbol, but the history of the usage is much older in Izawa-no-miya.

There are common factors in the Hebrew and Japanese culture. In the Jewish tradition, “mana” is a food that grows inside a pot, a soul food that was given by World of God. “Kome (rice)” also increases its amount when it is bowled in a pot. I sense that “mana” and “kome” has a similar sound vibration. The word “money” originally comes from the word “mana” of the Jewish tradition. In the West Japan, they believe that the financial market is based on the price of rice. I think that god's idea of “money” is “food.” If you try to save too much food, it will eventually rot. Before it rots, it should be shared with others.

The word “mana” also exists in Hawai'i. Its meaning is “the divinity from the highest source.” I sense that in the ancient times, the continent that existed on the Pacific Ocean of today use to be the place of origin for rice farming. When that continent sank, people escaped to places like Hawai’i and Ise. Carrying the common ancient knowledge they had no choice but to travel to find a new home around the Pacific Rim.


Ikashite-itadaite Arigato-gozaimasu

Thank you for letting us live