Gokōnomiya Shrine

On September 9, 863, cold spring water began flowing spontaneously from the ground at this shrine, and Emperor Seiwa had its name changed to Gokonomiya, meaning Shrine of Fragrant Water. The spring dried up in the Meiji era but was restored in the early 1980s and was listed among Japan's 100 Remarkable Waters in 1985. During the 1590s, Toyotomi Hideyoshi relocated the shrine to the northeast corner of his Fushimi Castle as protection against the kimon, the unlucky direction. Tokugawa Ieyasu moved it back in 1605. The main gate came from Fushimi Castle when it was demolished. Fushimi sake brewers still pray here for a good year.