NISHINOMIYA EBISU JINJA

A major shrine in Nishinomiya (the name of the town means 'western shrine') near Osaka, dedicated toEbisu. The worship of the joint deities Ebisu and (the now little-known) Saburo originated there in amasshaof the Hirota jinja to the East. Four kami are enshrined at Nishinomiya; Nishinomiya no okami (i.e. a posh name for Ebisu),Amaterasu, Susa-no-oandOkuni-nushi. The main festival is thetoka ebisuon 10th January.