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Osaka-shi, Kita-ku, Chaya-machi 12-5  大阪市北区茶屋町12-5   January 31, 2023

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綱敷天 神社/御旅所

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Tsunashiki Ten Shrine/Otabi-Sha

Nearest station:  Osaka Umeda     Line: Hankyu Railway () 

Sacred Tokyo 40 Shinto Shrines

Otabi-Sha, located in Chaya-machi in the midst of the busy Umeda business/shopping district in Osaka, is an auxiliary shrine of Tsunashiki Ten Jinja in Kamiyama in Kita-ku. Its name literally translates as “Honourable Resting Shrine” and that is its function, but not for mere mortals. It provides a place of repose and tranquility for the spirit of the Kami of Tsunashiki Ten Jinja when they are being paraded around town on a palanquin during festivals. There are other Otabi-sho (“Honourable Resting Place): these are usually temporary abodes for the Kami, but this one is permanent. 

Enshrined Kami:  

Main

Sugawara no Michizane  菅原道真

From Merged Shrines

In-ground Shrines:

 Tamahime Inari-jinja     玉姫稲荷神社

​Annual Festival:  July 15

Divine Favours  (御利益 Goriyaku)

Success in scholarship (学業成就,Gakugyo Joju)        
Success in love (恋愛成就, Renai Joju)        
Travel safety (旅行安全, Ryoko Anzen)        
Business prosperity (商売繁盛, Shobai Kanjo)       
Improvement in artistic techniques
(諸芸上達, Shogei Jotatsu)        

Tsunashikiten Shrine/Otabi-Sha綱敷天 神社/御旅所

Another difference from the usual Otabi-sho is that this particular one has shrine buildings and an in-ground shrine, Tamahime Inari Jinja. Its predecessor was Umezuka Tenman-Gu to the south of Tsunashiki Ten Jinja; where the enshrined Kami was Umezuka-Tenjin (another name for Sugawara Michizane). The shrine was officially known as Otabi-Sha but during the Edo Period it came to be called Otabi-sho and is still referred to colloquially as such today.

Early in the Meiji Period the land occupied by Umezuka Tenman-Gu was confiscated by the government in accordance with the Distinction between Shinto and Buddhism Order. In 1872 the shrine was temporarily moved to Nishitenma 6-chome. A few years later it was moved to its present location when

land was donated by a well-wisher wanting the shrine to become the tutelary guardian of Chaya-machi. On two subsequent occasions the shrine’s infrastructure was improved along with the development of the Hankyu Railway Line.

By the early 1980s the shrine was showing signs of extreme wear and tear, a situation not helped by the frequent flooding of the nearby Yodo River, and it was rebuilt in 1984.

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Tsunashikiten Shrine/Otabi-Sha綱敷天 神社/御旅所
Tsunashikiten Shrine/Otabi-Sha綱敷天 神社/御旅所
Tsunashikiten Shrine/Otabi-Sha綱敷天 神社/御旅所
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Tsunashikiten Shrine/Otabi-Sha綱敷天 神社/御旅所
Tsunashikiten Shrine/Otabi-Sha綱敷天 神社/御旅所
Tsunashikiten Shrine/Otabi-Sha綱敷天 神社/御旅所
Tsunashikiten Shrine/Otabi-Sha綱敷天 神社/御旅所
Tamahime Inari Jinja 玉姫稲荷神社
Tsunashikiten Shrine/Otabi-Sha綱敷天 神社/御旅所
Tsunashikiten Shrine/Otabi-Sha綱敷天 神社/御旅所
Tamahime Inari Jinja 玉姫稲荷神社
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