Tsubaki Grand Shrine

Tsubaki Grand Shrine (椿大神社, Tsubaki Ōkami Yashiro) is a Shinto shrine in Suzuka, Mie Prefecture, Japan. Tsubaki is the principal shrine of the deity Sarutahiko-no-Ōkami and one of Japan's oldest shrines. According to the shrine's records, it was founded in the year 3 BCE. Other deities enshrined include Ame-no-Uzume-no-Mikoto, the wife of Sarutahiko who was supposed to have performed a dance which brought Amaterasu the Sun Goddess out of hiding in a cave, and Ninigi-no-Mikoto, grandson of the Sun Goddess and the mythical first ruler of the nation.

Tsubaki Grand Shrine

Tsubaki Grand Shrine (椿大神社, Tsubaki Ōkami Yashiro) is a Shinto shrine in Suzuka, Mie Prefecture, Japan. Tsubaki is the principal shrine of the deity Sarutahiko-no-Ōkami and one of Japan's oldest shrines. According to the shrine's records, it was founded in the year 3 BCE. Other deities enshrined include Ame-no-Uzume-no-Mikoto, the wife of Sarutahiko who was supposed to have performed a dance which brought Amaterasu the Sun Goddess out of hiding in a cave, and Ninigi-no-Mikoto, grandson of the Sun Goddess and the mythical first ruler of the nation.