ASO JINJA

A shrine at the foot of the volcanic Mt Aso, Kumamoto, housing three kami (the deified son and two grandsons of emperor Jimmu) in separatehonden. Theyao-yorozu-no-kamiare also enshrined collectively in the shrine. The rice-transplanting festival (mi-ta-ue) is held on July 28th Each year a statue of hime-miko-no-kami is carved from a tree, kept in the honden with her husband, the third kami kuni-tatsu-no-kami, and for six successive days taken away silently at night to the house of one of the hereditary priests where offerings are made. There is anoku-miyaof the shrine at the summit of Mt. Aso.