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During the Edo period, it is said that one-fifth of the total population visited Ise Jingu. Its official name is Jingu, and it is the head shrine of all Japanese shrines. The shrine enshrines Amaterasu Omikami, who is considered the most sacred deity in the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki, and the Japanese Imperial Family continues to worship her to this day. The tradition of "connecting and conveying" through the Shikinen Sengu ceremony is still alive, making Ise Jingu a special sacred place for the Japanese people. To put it simply, it is "a place where I can straighten my normally hunched back," and it is the spiritual home of the Japanese people, where the lives of gods and people have coexisted since ancient times.

The "Okage" in Okage Yokocho comes from the boom in pilgrimages to Ise Grand Shrine that occurred during the Edo period. Okage Yokocho is a recreation of the streetscape from the Edo period to the early Meiji period, when the area was bustling with pilgrimages. Opened in 1993, it is a relatively new town in the historic Ise region. The streetscape, which thoroughly recreates the wooden architecture that once existed in the temple town, boasts a quality that makes it a historical exhibit in itself.

Located in Nambu Mie City Shima, this is the largest Iriumi on Shima.