If you want to go to New Year's visit, this is the place! Introducing recommended New Year's visit spots in Mie Prefecture!

IseJingu Shrine is made up of 125 shrines centered around two main shrines: Naiku, which enshrines Amaterasu-Omikami, who is compared to the sun, and Geku shrine, which enshrines Toyouke-no-Omikami, who protects food, clothing, shelter, and industry.
When you enter the sacred area, where activities have continued since the mythical era when Amaterasu-Omikami was enshrined, your body and mind will be strengthened and you will feel purified.

With a long history, Mt. Tado has been revered as ``Shintaiyama,'' the mountain where the gods are enshrined. Later, during the reign of Emperor Yuryaku in the latter half of the 5th century, the shrine building was built and continues to this day.
The main shrine enshrines "Amatsu Hikone-no-Mikoto" and Betsugu annex shrine enshrines "Amaterasu-Omikami-no-Mikoto," which is also called Kitaise Daijingu Shrine because it is the child deity and grandchild deity of "Amaterasu Omikami," the deity enshrined at Ise Shrine. It is an ancient shrine that has been famous for a poem that goes, ``If you go to Ise, you should also pray, but if you don't visit Ise, you will be lost.'' The ``Hakuba Legend'' has also been passed down as a divine horse that brings happiness.
Visitors come to pray for a variety of things, including family safety, business prosperity, industrial development, traffic safety, warding off evil spirits, first shrine, safe childbirth, and praying for rain.


The Ageuma Shinto ritual held on May 4th and 5th is a heroic ritual in which young jockeys run up a hill as one with horse and rider. It is one of the world's strangest festivals and has been designated as an intangible folk cultural property of Mie Prefecture.

It enshrines Sarutahiko Okami, known as the god of good fortune, and is visited by worshipers from all over the country. In the solemn precincts surrounded by trees, there is a tea room called Suzushoan, which was donated by Konosuke Matsushita, the founder of Matsushita Electric, and is open to the public regardless of the school.