Karano-kuni Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Fujiidera City, Osaka Prefecture, and is an ancient Engishiki-listed shrine with a long history. Its origins are said to date to the reign of Emperor Yūryaku, when Mononobe no Me no Ōmuraji enshrined his ancestral deity Nigihayahi-no-Mikoto. After the Mononobe main line declined, the area came to be governed by the “Karano-kuni Muraji,” relatives of the Mononobe clan, which is believed to be how the shrine came to be called Karano-kuni Shrine. In the Muromachi period, Hatakeyama Motokuni, the shugo (military governor) of Kawachi, donated 200 koku of rice, and Ame-no-Koyane-no-Mikoto was invited from Kasuga Taisha and enshrined together. In 1908, the nearby Nagano Shrine was also merged into the precincts, and Susanoo-no-Mikoto was added to the enshrined deities. The shrine is believed to grant blessings such as recovery from illness, success and advancement, warding off misfortune, and protection from epidemics. Its long approach path, covered with trees, was selected in 1989 as one of Osaka Prefecture’s “100 Greenery Selections.”