Oagata jinja

Second Shrine of Owari Province
After Masumida Shrine
Ōagata Shrine, located in Inuyama City, Aichi Prefecture.
As the second shrine of Owari Province, Ōagata Ōkami, the ancestral deity who developed this land, is enshrined.
Revered for good fortune and protection from misfortune, it attracts many worshippers, including to its auxiliary shrines, Hime no Miya and Daikoku Ebisu Shrine.

A stone Myojin torii stands as the first gate.
A purification trough is on the right, and a shrine office and worship hall flank the approach.
Behind the hall, the Saibunden, corridors extending east and west, and the main hall are located.
The Saibunden, a gabled structure resembling a four-pillar gate, was built in 1661 by Tokugawa Mitsutomo, the second lord of the Owari Domain.

The main hall consists of three combined structures called Ōagata-zukuri: the Shojin Goten, Watariden, and Naien.
Before the 1661 reconstruction, records indicate a tripartite construction, suggesting the earlier presence of Ōagata-zukuri.

The auxiliary shrine Hime no Miya is renowned for safe childbirth.
Like the main shrine, it has an inner shrine dedicated to the rough spirit on the mountain behind, with a small shrine.

At the far end of the shrine grounds is Daikoku Ebisu Shrine, dedicated to Ōkuninushi no Kami and Kotoshironushi no Kami.
It is rare to find a shrine enshrining both the ruler of Japan and the god of oracles together, as seen in other prefectures but uncommon in Nagano.