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HIMOROGI

HIMOROGI

The story of everyone who came to these islands.

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What is HIMOROGI

HIMOROGI —
The primordial sanctuary, before shrines existed.

Sacred ropes strung between trees and rocks — a place to call down the gods.
The origin of 80,000 shrines.
Trace the roots of the Japanese people, from the very beginning.

Genomic science reveals that at least three distinct populations arrived on these islands. The Kojiki speaks of gods descending from heaven to give birth to the land.

HIMOROGI rejects neither science nor legend. From each perspective, it faces the same question — Who are we?