Rokuson King Shrine
Kyoto, Kyoto-shi, Minami-ku, Mibu-dori, Hachijokaku
The birthplace of the Seiwa Minamoto clan.
Dating back to Minamoto no Yoritomo, who opened the Kamakura shogunate, the ancestor Six Grandson King Ōkami eight generations ago is enshrined as the main God of worship, Amaterasu Ōkami is enshrined in the Aiden, and Hachiman Ōkami, the guardian god of the Minamoto clan.
As the birthplace of Seiwa Minamoto, the Hoei Festival is held on October 10.
Children in the form of priests, demons, and gods with bows and arrows parade around.
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