Started Kumokai worship at "Shiomi Ryugu Shrine" in Tokyo, Japan! ~ You can see the mystical sea of clouds regardless of the season or weather~!

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2024.06.12 10:00

Shiomi Ryugusha Shrine

Shiomi Ryugu Shrine (located in Koto-ku, Tokyo), which enshrines the deity Ryujin, a shrine that prays for the happiness of children and good marriage, started a sea of clouds worship service on June 2, 2024, taking advantage of the shrine's unique characteristics.

Sea of clouds in nature may or may not be visible depending on the conditions and season, but at Shiomi-Tatsumiyosha you can always see a sea of clouds along the approach to the shrine regardless of the season or weather.

Shiomi Ryugu Shrine: https://shiomi-ryugusha.jp/

＜Sea of clouds on the approach to the shrine.

Unkai Worship", worshiping in the clouds

<Service in the sea of clouds at night has a profound and mysterious look.

The approach to the shrine is illuminated by a sea of clouds.

The approach to the sea of clouds at night with a sense of dignity

The sight of the visitors' hearts racing, their minds sharpening, and their minds moving through the clouds to the shrine is truly mystical.

This is the only place in the world where you can worship in the sea of clouds.

Furthermore, not only is a canal connected to the shrine by the approach, but there is also a reed boat, believed to be the oldest boat in the world. The sight of the sea of clouds flowing over the canal is breathtaking.

The canal, which is connected to the world, and the mysterious sea of clouds seem to lead us in the thoughts of worshippers, making the sea of clouds worship somewhat nostalgic and novel. But the sight of that sea of clouds worship just makes you want to put your hands together.

■What is Shiomi Ryugu Shrine?

Shiomi Ryugu Shrine was built in March 2024 in Shiomi, Koto-ku, Tokyo, as a shrine to pray for children's happiness and good marriage, and to worship a dragon god said to have lived there since the Kamakura period.

＜The beard of the Dragon God appears at the end of the mysterious sea of clouds. By receiving the beard, you will be connected to a variety of destinies.

Worshiping in the sea of clouds on a divine morning

Connecting with a person by passing the beard of the Dragon God through a five-en (marriage) circle.

The red and white beard of the Dragon God

It takes 1 hour and 30 minutes by car from the airport of Kagoshima Prefecture's Amami Oshima Island, which is rich in nature and has been designated a World Natural Heritage site, and another 20 minutes by ferry. Kakeroma Island is a remote island famous as the location for the final episode of the movie Otoko wa Tsuraiyo: Huten no Tora-san, and many people visit the island on their own. The island has been inhabited since the Kamakura period (1185-1333) by a dragon god who is said to have lived in the sea of Kakaroma Island.

The Dragon God is a symbol of success and development because of the image of a dragon ascending to the heavens, and it is said that "flow" occurs wherever the Dragon God moves.

The almsgiving ceremony is a departure from previous shrines, with the hope that all visitors to the shrine and their children will experience a positive flow.

A modern "Shrine of 2025" that has been handed down from the Kamakura period.

<Point (1) Connecting the beard of the Dragon God to the five yen (karma) completes the amulet.

The beard of the Dragon God appears at the end of the mysterious sea of clouds. By receiving the beard (red/white), you can connect various kinds of relationships. For example, "parents can receive the beard of Ryujin-sama to wish for the happiness of their children," "couples can receive the beard of Ryujin-sama to think of each other," and "people can receive the beard of Ryujin-sama to think of the person they love.

The participants will receive a free "Ko-Mamori", limited to 300 pieces per day, and connect their Dragon God-sama's beard to the five yen (karma) in the "Ko-Mamori".

Parents are asked to give it to their children, couples are asked to present the made items to each other, and those who wish for a good marriage are asked to take it by themselves.

<Point (2) Seven lights to seven planets

If we were born from the heavens, then we have come down from the heavens to the earth, that is, from above to below. In association with this, the entrance to the shrine is designed to descend from the heavens to the ground, or underground, as if from the heavens to the ground. The first path we take is the approach to the shrine. When we are born, it is a "birth canal.

The seven planets represent the movement of human reincarnation (from the top, moon to water, from the bottom, moon to earth). (From top to bottom: Moon, Mercury, Venus, Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn)

＜Point (3): Worship in the clouds, different faces in the morning and at night.

Going underground from the ground leads to Ryujin-sama, where a mysterious sea of clouds is rising up. You can visit the shrine in the clouds, which is unique to Shiomi-Tatsumiya Shrine.

<Point (4) 12 constellations are set up at the end of the connection with the canal.

Next to the shrine where the Dragon God is enshrined, there is a space connected to the canal.

The ceiling lights on the canal represent the 12 constellations of the zodiac.

＜Point (5) Installation of the world's oldest ship

A primitive ship without sails, believed to be the oldest ship in the world, was installed.

The "reed boat" installed in the shrine is a primitive boat without sails, believed to be the oldest boat in the world. The voyage is like life itself, as one never knows when or where one will arrive, regardless of the direction of the wind or the currents of the tide. The existence of these reed boats seems to teach us something important, even though we tend to take for granted that we can control everything.