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Location: 那覇市, 沖縄県
Opens at: 開門 09:00
御朱印: 御朱印
波上宮は沖縄県那覇市の海を望む高台に鎮座する神社です。琉球の信仰と結びつき、沖縄の一の宮として知られます。航海安全、豊漁、五穀豊穣、地域繁栄を祈る場として親しまれています。
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- The shrine's name literally means 'above the waves,' and sailors entering Naha Port would look up at it from their ships to pray for safe voyages. The Ryukyuan kings themselves visited every New Year to pray for the entire nation's prosperity.
- Originally a sacred site of Ryukyuan religion dedicated to nirai kanai (the mythical source of all life), the shrine was transformed into a State Shinto institution in 1890 after Japan annexed the Ryukyu Kingdom.
- According to legend, a fisherman caught a mysterious glowing stone that brought him better catches. When the gods stole it back, an oracle appeared at that spot, eventually becoming the shrine known as Nanminsan.
