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守矢神社 (もりやじんじゃ)
Moriya Shrine
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The Moriya Shrine
The Moriya Shrine as seen in Touhou Hisoutensoku
Location

On top of the Youkai Mountain

Residents
Appearances
Official Games

The Moriya Shrine (守矢神社 Moriya Jinja) is a shrine dedicated to Shintoism that originated from the Outside world and was transported into Gensokyo by Kanako Yasaka during the start of the events of Mountain of Faith. The shrine is now located somewhere near the top of Youkai Mountain with the Divine Lake that was also transported with it. This shrine is home to Sanae Kochiya, whose role is similar to a Shrine Maiden, and its resident gods Kanako Yasaka and Suwako Moriya. Both the kappa and tengu have come to accept Kanako as a resident god and now live in peace. As the shrine gets few visitors, its primary source of income comes from selling bits of technology from the outside world to kappa.[1]

Background Information

As noted in Silent Sinner in Blue, a distinctively thick shimenawa is hung across the entrance of the shrine building, bigger than the one at the Hakurei Shrine. As an aside, we can see the same design at Suwa Grand Shrine, the original inspiration of Moriya Shrine. The outside world Moriya Shrine (with a different kanji, 矢神社) also exists near the Suwa Grand Shrine.

In chapter 19 of Silent Sinner in Blue, Yukari Yakumo accuses Watatsuki no Toyohime that the Lunarians placed the two thick shimenawa at the front of the Moriya Shrine to seal in the war god, Take-Minakata, because they feared his retribution after conquering his father Daikoku's lands. According to Shinto legend, Amaterasu (generally implied in the Touhou Project to be sister of Lord Tsukuyomi, founder of the Lunar Capital) sent Take-Mikazuchi to conquer Take-Minakata while trying to unite Japan. After a sumo match, Take-minakata's arms were cut and he fled to Lake Suwa, where he married a Suwa goddess, Yasakatome. The conversation is interrupted before Yukari's claim can be confirmed. However, the fact that Toyohime decided to leave Yukari behind on Earth as opposed to taking Yukari prisoner to the Moon like she initially planned to do could imply there is some truth to Yukari's claim.

Moriya Shrine's Appearances

Games

Mountain of Faith

The shrine had the major role in the story of Mountain of Faith, appearing as the stage setting for stages 5, 6 and Extra. It's the home to the god that Reimu Hakurei and Marisa Kirisame must find in order to punish for trying to close up the Hakurei Shrine

Subterranean Animism

The shrine was the location for the Extra stage of Subterranean Animism, where Reimu and Marisa encountered Koishi Komeiji. The two went up to the shrine believing that the god in their question was the cause to the events that happened in the game, the one who's given Utsuho Reiuji her nuclear powers.

Spin-offs

Touhou Hisoutensoku

The shrine is a selectable stage that the player can choose to fight on in Touhou Hisoutensoku, dedicated to Sanae Kochiya, where the shrine itself can be seen located atop of a hill. It doesn't appear in the main scenarios however, but this was the location where Sanae first say a giant figure and that she find out more about the figure, being Hisoutensoku, by Suwako Moriya in her scenario ending.

Impossible Spell Card

The castle appears on the ninth day of Impossible Spell Card, where Seija Kijin finds herself here and carries on defending herself from stronger humans and youkai who are trying to capture her. She'll fight against strong opponents such as Kanako Yasaka, Suwako Moriya, Mononobe no Futo and Suika Ibuki as they try to capture her with their "impossible" spell cards. There are 8 scenes total in the day. The previous day was located at the Shining Needle Castle, whilst the next day is located at the Scarlet Devil Mansion.

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