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Mythological

The Four Generals of Emperor Sujin

Reign of Emperor Sujin · 2 stops

Two armies, one along the Japan Sea and one along the Pacific, meeting in what is now Aizu.

01 Sano Shrine02 Miyazaki Jingu03 Tsuno Shrine04 Tateiwa Shrine05 Okada-gu06 Take Shrine (E-no-miya)07 Koshima Shrine08 Hiraoka Shrine09 Ono Shrine10 Kamayama Shrine11 Kamikura Shrine12 Yatagarasu Shrine13 Kashihara Jingu01 Kehi Jingu0102 Isasumi Shrine0201 Ise Jingu, Naiku02 Kusanagi Shrine03 Yaizu Shrine04 Hashirimizu Shrine05 Tachibana Shrine06 Yoshida Shrine07 Ou Shrine08 Sakaori-no-miya09 Kitaguchi Hongu Fuji Sengen Shrine10 Atsuta Jingu11 Mount Ibuki12 Nobono Shrine13 Otori Taisha01 Takahashi Shrine02 Awa Shrine01 Kiyomizu-dera02 Aritama Shrine03 Nihon Shrine04 Omuro Takao Shrine05 Yamizomine Shrine06 Hanazono Shrine07 Sakai-no-Myojin08 Sugafune Shrine09 Kashima Miko Shrine10 Tamura Shrine and Katchu-do11 Shiwahiko and Shiogama Shrine12 Nonodake Hakusan Shrine13 Takkoku-no-Iwaya Bishamon-do14 Tamura Shrine15 Takatsudo Kashima Shrine16 Tamura Shrine01 Omiya Hachimangu02 Kanezawa Hachimangu03 Takkoku-no-Iwaya, cliff Buddha01 Tsurugaoka Hachimangu02 Utsunomiya Futaarayama Shrine03 Shirakawa Barrier04 Atsukashiyama Defence Line05 Chuson-ji
  1. 01

    Kehi Jinguけひじんぐう

    Fukui Tsuruga

    Japan Sea roadThe great shrine of the Hokuriku coast, on the road Ohiko-no-Mikoto is said to have taken north.

  2. 02

    Isasumi Shrineいさすみじんじゃ

    Fukushima Aizumisato

    The meetingWhere father and son, Ohiko and Takenunakawawake, are said to have met: from ai-ita, 'they met', comes the name Aizu.

None of the shrines described here takes part in this project, and none has been approached. They are written about because the roads they stand on are worth knowing. Coordinates are approximate and unverified — enough to show the shape of a route, not enough to navigate by.