Hawaii Kotohira Jinsha - Hawaii Dazaifu Tenmangu

Juyohin - Omamori and Ofuda　授与品 2019

All Omamori has been consecrated in religious ritual and are available in the shrine 7 days a week from 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM, throughout the year. 

For mail orders, please Email the shrine at kotohira@hawaiiantel.net.
Orders within the U.S.A. will be shipped via USPS Priority Mail for a flat rate of $7.35 (with Tracking number).  Priority Mail envelope holds about 10 regular sized omamori .     

Hamaya and Hamayumi postal rates are $23.50 for domestic shipment via USPS within the U.S.A.
USPS Priority Mail to all Foreign countries is $51.95 (with Tracking number).  Priority Mail envelops holds about 10 regular sized omamori. All International orders require a Customs Form.  You will be responsible for any customs duties.  International First Class Airmail for one Ofuda or one Omamori is $14.25.

Please Email shrine for postal rates on large orders, expedited orders or International Orders other than those listed above. 
We accept personal checks (US only), money orders, International Money Orders, PayPal.

Donations for omamori may also be made via PayPal through our GIVING page.

Kiyome-jio Consecrated Salt

Salt has a long and influential role in world history. For many countries, including both the Hawaiian and Japanese cultures, salt has been a key factor in spiritual, economic and social development. In the Shinto tradition, salt is used to repel negative energies,. Salt is most often used as morijio, a compound of the Japanese words for “pile” (mori) and “Salt” (shio, jio).

Purified salt is piled on a small dish and placed in the home, outside the door of a home or business or mixed with sand and sprinkled around the perimeter of the home. Salt is also placed outside of a restaurant or shop to attract customers.   If salt is to be placed in front of the door of a home or business, be sure to place two dishes od salt, one on each side of the door.This salt has been consecrated in ritual and should be changed once a month if placed in a dish and used as morijio.

Placing salt in the house is highly recommended for those who have just moved into a new home, going through their Yakudoshi years or through challenging times.

Pig, hog and boar essentially describes the same animal, with some distinctions.

A boar is an uncastrated male domestic pig, but it also refers to a wild pig of any gender. A hog often means a domestic pig that weighs more than 120 lbs. Pigs are also referred to as swine. 

2019 is the year of the Pig, according to the original Chinese zodiac, however it was replaced by the Boar in the Japanese and Tibetan zodiacs. 

When the Chinese zodiac was imported into Japan sometime during the reign of Emperor Kinmei (509-571 CE), the Japanese were more familiar with wild boars than domestic pigs. Thus, Pig Year was known as Boar Year in Japan. At that time, the Japanese hunted and ate boar meat. It wasn't till a century later that domestic pigs were introduced to Japan from the Korean Peninsula.