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(also known as , , or Konpira Shrine in English) is a Shintō shrine in the town of Kotohira in Nakatado District of Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. Located at 521m halfway to the top of Mount Zōzu, the shrine stands at the end of a long path, with 785 steps to the main shrine and a total of 1,368 steps to the inner shrine. Since the Muromachi Period pilgrimages to the shrine became popular, and even today usually hundreds of visitors in a day climb the steps of Mount Zōzu. On the way to the shrine is a sake museum, stores, and stones with the names of donors carved in kanji. Due to the Honji suijaku theory which claimed the local ''kami'' were incarnations of Buddhist gods, Kotohira Shrine was in times before the Meiji era equally a Buddhist and a Shintoist sanctuary. ==History== It is said to have been founded during the 1st century. The principal ''kami'' of the shrine is Ō-mono-nushi-no-mikoto, a spirit associated with seafaring (also referred to as the Buddhist deity Konpira). In 1165 the spirit of Sutoku-Tennō was also enshrined. Before the Meiji period it was known as , and it stood at the head of the nationwide group of shrines bearing the names Kompira and Kotohira. The ema hall is the site of prayers for safe seafaring. From 1871 through 1946, Kotohira was officially designated one of the , meaning that it stood in the mid-range of ranked, nationally significant shrines. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kotohira-gū」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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