Sogani imasu sogatsuhiko-jinja shrine (宗我坐宗我都比古神社)

Sogani masu sogatsuhiko-jinja is a Shinto Shrine located in Soga-cho, Kashimara City, Nara Prefecture.

Enshrined deities
Sogatsuhiko Okami (the Great God of Sogatsuhiko)
Sogatsuhime no Okami

History
The shrine dates back to the reign of Emperor Suiko, when SOGA no Umako who was based in the area, enshrined his ancestor ISHIKAWA no Sukune and Ishikawa's wife. This temple was listed in Engishiki as Shikinaisha (a grand shirine), and was worshipped by the Imperial Court.

Festivals
Kinensai (prayer service for a good crop) Febrary 22
Reisai (regular festival) October 6
Ninamesai (harvest festival) November 26

Shrines within the grounds

Inari-jinja Shrine

Ebisu-jinja Shrine

八阪姫社

Access

Take the Kintetsu Osaka line and get off at Masuga Station.

[Original Japanese]