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Yuka Shrine Main Shrine is a shrine located on Mt. Yuka in Kojima, south of Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture. The old company rank was prefectural company. An independent shrine that does not fall under the jurisdiction of the Shrine Head Office. == Overview == It is said that Iwaza worship has been practiced on Mt. Yuka since ancient times. In the 5th year of Tenpyo (733), Gyoki enshrined the Eleven-faced Kannon in this area, and it is said that it became a mountain of syncretism of Shinto and Buddhism called Yuga Daigongen (Yuka Daigongen), which is a combination of shrines and temples. According to the history of Kumano Shrine located at the northern foot of the mountain, at the beginning of the Nara period, five of En no Gyo's disciples brought Kumano Hongu Taisha from Kishu Kumano and founded Kumano Shrine here, and later opened Nachi Shrine on Mt. Yuka as one of the New Kumano Sanzan. From the middle of the Edo period, it became a place of prayer for the Ikeda clan, the lord of the Bizen domain, and the lord himself visited the shrine during New Year, May, and September. Mr. Ikeda built the main building of this shrine and the guest hall of Rendaiji Temple. The approach to the shrine is lined with many souvenir shops, forming a temple town, which is crowded with worshipers during the New Year's visit. Furthermore, ``Ankoromochi'' sold in this Monzen town is a specialty of Yukayama.