Priest(s) Rev. Koichi Barrish | Website www.tsubakishrine.org Date founded 1987 | |
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Address 17720 Crooked Mile RoadGranite Falls, Washington 98252United States Dedicated to Sarutahiko Okami, Ame-no-Uzume-no-Mikoto Similar Tsubaki Grand Shrine, Heather Lake Trail, Hawaii Kotohira Jinsha, Haiden, Seattle Japanese Garden | ||
Tsubaki grand shrine of america
Tsubaki Grand Shrine of America (sometimes known as Tsubaki America Jinja or in Japanese as amerika tsubaki ōkamiyashiro (アメリカ椿大神社) is the first Shinto shrine built in the mainland United States after World War II. It was erected in 1987 in Stockton, California, and moved to its current location in Granite Falls, Washington, in 2001.
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Gosaijin (enshrined Kami/Spirits) of Tsubaki Grand Shrine of America are Sarutahiko-no-Ōkami, ancestor of all earthly Kami and Kami of progressing positively in harmony with Divine Nature; and his wife Ame-no-Uzume-no-Mikoto, Kami of arts and entertainment, harmony, meditation and joy. Also enshrined are Amaterasu Ōmikami (Kami of the Sun), Ugamitama-no-Ōkami (Kami of foodstuffs and things to sustain human life/Oinarisama), America Kokudo Kunitama-no-Kami (protector of the North America Continent) and Ama-no-Murakumo-Kuki-Samuhara-Ryu-O (Kami of Aikido).
Tsubaki Grand Shrine of America is a branch of Tsubaki Ōkami Yashiro, one of the oldest and most notable shrines in Japan, which celebrated its 2000th anniversary in 1997.
The current Guji (Head Priest) is Rev. Koichi Barrish, the second non-Japanese priest in Shinto history.
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