Shirakami Shrine

Okigami enshrines the gods Kukurihime, Izanagi, Izanami, and Amaterasu Omikami, and since ancient times (before 600), a small shrine was built on the rock where the current shrine stands, and white sacred wands were offered to worship the gods. During the time of Mori Terumoto (around 1600), a large shrine was built prior to the construction of Hiroshima Castle, and it was called "Shirakami Daimyojin." On August 6, 1945, an atomic bomb exploded in the sky, destroying the shrine and large torii gate, and the stone structures, lion dogs, and lanterns from before 1945 are now designated as Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Relics. The current shrine was rebuilt in 1989.