Ibaraki Shrine is has long been revered by the common people of the area as a shrine housing the region's tutelary deity.Particularly well-loved during Toyotomi's lifetime, donations were often made by the lords of Ibaraki Castle. During Tokugawa's lifetime, daimyo lords and the lords of Osaka Castle continued to show reverence to the shrine, regularly participating in Ibaraki Shrine's festival. The giant summer festival, which dates back to the mid-Edo period, is known as Osaka's "Shimashimo-gun Gion Festival" after Kyoto's immense event, and boasts an annual parade of mikoshi floats.

• address

  4-3 Motomachi, Ibaraki-shi, Osaka

• fax

  072-624-5474

• tel

  072-622-2346

• holiday

  Never

• prices

  Free admission

• transport

  Roughly a 10-minute walk from Ibarakishi Station on the Hankyu Line Roughly a 15-minute walk from Ibaraki Station on the JR Line

• url

  http://www.ibarakijinja.or.jp/