Cherished Legend·Rakuchū / Kyoto Station

Doso-jinja, Shrine for Safe Journeys

A small shrine said to have been founded in 899 as guardian of the Teiji-in, the retirement palace of Retired Emperor Uda. It enshrines the wayfarers' deities Sarutahiko and Ame-no-Uzume as a married pair—gods of boundaries, safe travel and good matches—tucked today into a sliver of space between buildings near Kyoto Station.

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These notes come from desk research. Local traditions vary.