Happy New Year 2009/Eto Juyohin Available Now

Located on a pristine 25 acre site near Seattle, WA (by car - by bus), Tsubaki Grand Shrine of America is the traditional Jinja Shinto Shrine and the branch of Tsubaki O Kami Yashiro in Mie Prefecture one of the oldest and most prestigious shrines in Japan with a history of over 2000 years.

Shinto emerged and developed spontaneously as an expression of the deep intuitive connection with Divine Nature enjoyed by human beings in ancient Japan. Shinto as natural spirituality is based on this harmonious primal relationship with the “infinite restless movement of Great Nature,” rather than on the written or revealed teachings of human beings.

Realizing that each single component within Nature possesses Divine Spirit giving us joy and benefit, we renew our close ties to Mother Nature and pray for renewal and refreshed life. As Shinto has the continuous history from prehistoric times to the present and into the future, visiting the Shinto Shrine can help reconnect us to our primal intuitive roots while helping us to meet the challenges of the present and future, cultivating our human spirituality.

The Shinto Shrine is an enriched environment where Divine Nature’s Life Giving Forces are commemorated like parents. The Shrine is a place where all things in Nature gather together and their hearts and substance purified, refreshed and renewed. Shinto is optomistic, pure, simple, and bright and an expression of the “flow of life”. Our human lives, received from Great Nature and our ancestors are essentially good – obscuring energies exist but through the purifying (harae), straightening (naobi), and invigorating (kiyome) action of Shinto we can prevent misfortune or move towards solution if misfortune has already occurred. The Shinto Shrine is a place of Masturi (festival) and the Shinto Priest conducts Go-Kitoh (rituals) and prayers for individuals, families and groups to dispel misfortune and open the path for Divine Blessings and expressing appreciation to Great Nature. Please make the Omairi (visit) to Tsubaki Grand Shrine of America for the Seishiki Sanpai (shrine visit). Also the staff can conduct the Oharae (purification ceremony) as well as many types of Shinto Ceremonies for individuals, families, groups or businesses. At Tsubaki America Shrine there is also the opportunity for Misogi ShuHo (purification in the Mountain Stream) and training in Aiki-do.

Gosaijin (enshrined Kami/Spirits) of Tsubaki Grand Shrine of America are Sarutahiko-no-O-Kami, ancestor of all earthly Kami and Kami of progressing positively in harmony with Divine Nature and his wife Ame-no-Uzume-no-Mikoto, Kami of arts and entertainment, harmony, meditation and joy. As they are a wedded couple, Tsubaki Shrine is the place to pray for a happy home, family prosperity and safety. Tsubaki Grand Shrine of America also enshrines: Amaterasu OmiKami (Kami of the Sun), Ugamitama-no-O-Kami (Kami of foodstuffs and things to sustain human life/Oinarisama), America Kokudo Kunitama-no-Kami (protector of North America Continent) and Ama-no-Murakumo-Kukismauhara-Ryu-O (Kami of Aiki-do).

On the left is Reverend Yukiyasu Yamamoto, the 97th Guji (high priest) of Tsubaki-O-Kami-Yashiro. On the right is Reverend Koichi Barrish, Senior Shinto Priest of Tsubaki Grand Shrine of America and Tsubaki Kannagara Guji.

Happy New Year 2009/
Eto Juyohin Available Now

 

Please enjoy to download
Mrs. Barrish's calendar of
Nen Chu Gyoji (Seasonal Festivals) of 2009