is a Shinto shrine on Mount Atago, the northwest of Kyoto, Japan. Enshrined is Atago Gongen who protects Kyoto from fire. Shugendō practices and a place for worship are known from the eighth century. The late-Kamakura period Honden has been designated an Important Cultural Property. (Actually, the late-Kamakura period Honden is located at another Atago-jinja in Kameoka, to the northwest of Kyoto : ) Atago Jinja is the head of nine hundred Atago shrines throughout Japan.
Deities
Main hall
Izanami no Mikoto Haniyasuhime no Mikoto Amenokumahito no Mikoto Wakumusubi no Kami Toyoukebime no Mikoto
Wakamiya
Ikazuchi no Kami Kagutsuchi no Mikoto Hamushi no Kami
Okumiya
Ōkuninushi
See also
Atago Jinja (Tokyo) Shinbutsu shūgō Honji suijaku Tsukinowa-dera
References
Further reading
External links Atago Jinja homepage