行こう神しん

noun

traveler's guardian deity; road god

A deity in Japanese folk religion believed to protect travelers and roads. Often enshrined at roadsides or mountain passes.

• 昔むかしの旅たび人びとは、道どう中ちゅうの安あん全ぜんを行こう神しんに祈いのった。

  Travelers in old times prayed to the road god for safety on their journey.

• 峠とうげに行こう神しんを祀まつった小ちいさな祠ほこらがある。

  There is a small shrine dedicated to the road god at the mountain pass.