Mount Miwa
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Mount Miwa or Mount Mimoro is a mountain located in the city of Sakurai, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It has been an important religious and historical mountain in Japan, especially during its early histor
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The Andōyama burial mound
The entrance to Mount Miwa at Sai Jinja
Emperor Sujin
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Emperor Sujin, also known as Mimakiirihikoinie no Mikoto in the Kojiki, and Mimakiiribikoinie no Sumeramikoto or Hatsukunishirasu Sumeramikoto in the Nihon Shoki was the tenth Emperor of Japan. While
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…and roads were built in the vicinity. The saiō Princess Uji also worshipped here as opposed to Mie Prefecture. The Nihon Shoki, Book V, (Chronicle of Emperor Sujin, 10th emperor) records that when the country was crippled by pestilence and subsequent mayhem, the emperor consulted the gods. The god Ōmononushi (whom…
Emperor Sujin