Shirakami-sha Shrine
Shirakami-sha Shrine
In the old days when the sea-level covered this location, a fire-lit white paper was placed on the reef as a safety marker.
The words “paper” and “god” are both pronounced “Kami” in Japanese. Afterward, a small shrine called “Shirakami” was built on the reef. “Shirakami,” meaning “White God,” was worshipped by the people as the head shrine of the tutelary deity in Hiroshima from the late 16th to the 17th century.
Submitted by
Bryan Arnold
@nanowhiskers