The guardian deity of bad luck, protection from all directions, and electricity.
The shrine is dedicated to the god Kamo Betsudo, and is worshipped as a guardian deity of misfortune, protection from all directions, and electricity.
Kamo Shrine was already powerful in the Nara period (710-794), and after the capital was moved to the Heian period (794-1185), it became the guardian deity of the Imperial Castle,
After the capital was moved to Kyoto in the Heian period, it became a guardian shrine for the imperial castle.
After the relocation of the capital to Kyoto in the Heian period, Kamosha was deeply involved in the formation of the city of Kyoto.
Two types of tate-suna
Tate-suna is said to be the origin of "purifying sand" and "heaping salt.
According to shrine legend, Kamo Betsurai-no-mikoto descended from the mountain at the foot of Kamiyama during the reign of Emperor Jinmu.
This shrine is modeled after Mt. Kamiyama, which served as a primitive shrine for ancient rituals.
Garden and Stream
The clear stream that runs through the shrine grounds, which is mentioned in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu (One Hundred Poems of Ogura), is called "Nara no Ogawa" (Narano stream).
The river is called "Nara no Ogawa" (Narano Stream), which is the confluence of the Gomotsukawa River and the Mitarashi River,
Outside the precincts of the shrine, it is called Myojin-gawa (Myojin River).
Outside of the shrine grounds, a former shrine town still remains on the south side.