Shiogama Shrine

3.5

"This Shinto shrine is dedicated to Shiotsuchi-no-Oji, a god of safe childbirth and conception worshipped since ancient times because he helped Yamasachihiko and Toyotamahime to get married and they in turn had a safe childbirth. In Wakayama in the Edo period, people often said ""First is Kishu Toshogu, second is Tamatsushima Island, third is Sagarimatsu, fourth is Shiogama."" The shrine gets its name from the term for the pot used to boil salt in salt fields. The shrine is located in Wakanoura, whose scenic beauty has been well-known since the distant age of the ""Man'yoshu"" poetry anthology, and a monument engraved with a famous poem about the area by Yamabe no Akahito stands on a small hill near the shrine."

Spot details

Address: Wakayama Wakayama-shi Wakauranaka 3-4-26 Map
Area: Wakayama City Suburbs Area
Phone: 0734440472
Hours: 9:00-16:00
Closed: open everyday
Fees: [Admission fee to worship]Free
Parking Lot: Available(10spaces)
Credit Card: Not available
Smoking: Not available
Wi-Fi: Not available
Estimated stay time: 0-30 minutes

Information Sources: NAVITIME JAPAN

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Review

山幸彦をワダツミの所送り出した神様を祀る

Reviewed : 2022.07.20

名勝和歌の浦に玉津島神社と並んであります。シオヅチノオジと聞きなれない神様を祀っておりますが、この神様は各地に製塩を広めたと伝わっており、シオガマという神社の名前にもつながっています。岩の窪みに小さな社がありこじんまりとしていますが、海への昔からの感謝の念を感じさせる神社でした。
岩山に空いた窟の奥に鎮座

Reviewed : 2021.11.14

安産と子授けの神様をまつります。輿の窟という岩山に空いた穴の奥に社殿があります。以前は玉津島神社の祓い処で、御神輿が玉津島神社に渡御摺る際に窟で清められてよく時に玉津島神社に渡ったそうです。
和歌浦十景の一つです

Reviewed : 2021.03.26

外から見ると洞窟なのかなと感じますが、少し岩が削られた程度の所に神棚が有るだけです。小さな社殿があって、暗いので洞窟と感じるかもしれませんが・・。波が打ち寄せる様子は和歌浦十景の一つだそうですが、今では難しいところに立地しています。