Hokkaido Shrine
北海道神宮
Itakiso Shrine
Itakiso Shrine in Wakayama City enshrines Isotakeru-no-Mikoto (also called Itakeru-no-Mikoto), the deity of trees and forestry who, according to tradition, planted heavenly tree seeds across Japan before descending to Kii Province — earning him the title "meritorious deity of the land." Listed in the Engishiki (927 CE) as a Meishin-taisha, it is one of three ichinomiya of Kii Province alongside Niutsuhime Shrine and Asuka Shrine. The earliest written record dates to 702 CE in the Shoku Nihongi, and the shrine was relocated to its current site in 713 CE.
First written record in the Shoku Nihongi confirms the shrine's existence and significance.
Shrine relocated to its current site in Itakiso, Wakayama City.
Listed in the Engishiki as a Meishin-taisha of Kii Province.
Location Coordinates
34.1892, 135.2292
558 Itakiso, Wakayama-shi, Wakayama
Kii
Itakiso Station (Wakayama Electric Railway)
Dawn to dusk
北海道神宮
上川神社
帯廣神社
樽前山神社
美瑛神社
旭川神社
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Itakiso Shrine in Wakayama City enshrines Isotakeru-no-Mikoto (also called Itakeru-no-Mikoto), the deity of trees and forestry who, according to tradition, planted heavenly tree seeds across Japan before descending to Kii Province — earning him the title "meritorious deity of the land." Listed in the Engishiki (927 CE) as a Meishin-taisha, it is one of three ichinomiya of Kii Province alongside Niutsuhime Shrine and Asuka Shrine. The earliest written record dates to 702 CE in the Shoku Nihongi, and the shrine was relocated to its current site in 713 CE.
Itakiso Shrine is located in Wakayama-shi, Wakayama. The full address is: 558 Itakiso, Wakayama-shi, Wakayama.