Qualla: Ohi Shrine https://qualla.com/hi-shrine en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:40 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Ohi Shrine https://qualla.com/hi-shrine Ohi Shrine: Introduction https://qualla.com/hi-shrine/ The name itself is a riddle. Ohi -- possibly meaning 'great sun' -- hints at origins older than the shrine's current dedication to Amaterasu, the imperial sun goddess. Scholars suspect that long before the medieval era folded local deities into the Amaterasu cult, this place in what is now Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, honored its own solar spirit, a god of light particular to the flatlands east of Edo Bay. That ambiguity has clung to Ohi Shrine for over a thousand years, making it one of the most intriguing sacred sites in the greater Tokyo region, known to locals by its more familiar name: Funabashi Daijingu.

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]]> Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/x/n/7/e/hi-shrine-wp/xn7e-ohi-shrine-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Ohi Shrine: A Hero's Prayer for Rain https://qualla.com/hi-shrine/ Legend attributes the shrine's founding to Yamato Takeru, the semi-mythical warrior prince who campaigned across eastern Japan on behalf of his father, Emperor Keiko. The story says Yamato Takeru established the shrine to pray for the end of a devastating drought. Whether the tal...

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