Takabe Shrine @ Chiba/Ichihara/Igoi/Gourmet/Mizutani/Sushi/Sushi
The other day, I took advantage of a regular holiday to visit a restaurant in Chikura, Minami-Boso City, Chiba Prefecture.
I visited the Takaya Shrine, the only shrine in Japan with a god of cooking.
We hope that our customers and employees will be in good health, and that our foodstuffs
We visited the shrine with wishes for a good catch and harvest and world peace.
Iwakamutskari no Mikoto
The deity has such a long history that it is mentioned in Japan's oldest history book, Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan) (completed in 720). When the emperor visited this area about 1,800 years ago, he was so delighted by the taste that his descendants took over the position of "Kashiwade," a cook at the imperial court, and thus the deity is said to have come to be known as the god of cooking.
kitchen knife
It is located at the foot of a small mountain in Chikura-cho, Minamiboso City, where the atmosphere of a fishing town still remains.
Iwakamutskari no Mikoto, the only god of cooking in Japan, is enshrined as the main deity, along with Amaterasu and Inari deities.
The special ritual "Hocho-shiki" held in May, October, and November every year is a solemn ceremony that conveys the tradition of Japanese cooking to the present day. Using a kitchen knife and chopsticks, the cooks prepare carp, sea bream, and bonito without touching any of the ingredients. The traditional gestures and the knife-cutting are truly the skills of a master! You can catch a glimpse of the spirit of Japanese cuisine, which takes its ingredients seriously and with love.
Health comes first in everything, this change of season.
I feel it deeply.
