Tada Shrine

Tada Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Kawanishi, Hyogo, Japan. The shrine is also known as Tada-Daigongen-Sha or Kansai Nikko literally, Nikko of Western Japan. This shrine is the shrine of the Genji extended family which has produced many shoguns in centuries. This shrine is certainly one of Three Genji Shrines, with Rokuronno Shrine in Kyoto and Tsuboi Hachimangu in Osaka.

This shrine become firstly mounted in 970 and dedicated to Minamoto no Mitsunaka, a Lord of Settsu Province as a Buddhist temple known as Tadain.Minamoto no Mitsunaka, transformed to buddhism following the visit of Ingen 954–1028, Genshin 942–1017, and Kaku'ub, of the Tendai Sect. The new convertd, You have proven me such extraordinary virtuous things. I'm a person who has killed an immeasurable wide variety of dwelling things. I'd like to compensate for these sins. By constructing a Buddhist corridor I will forestall committing any more crimes and shop the lives of dwelling matters. What is known as Tada Temple is a cluster of halls that started to be built with this one.