Moto-Sumiyoshi Shrine (本住吉神社, Motosumiyoshi Jinja) | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Shinto |
Deity | Sokotsutsu-no-O-no-Mikoto Nakatsutsu-no-O-no-Mikoto Uwatsutsu-no-O-no-Mikoto Empress Jingū Amenokoyane-no-Mikoto Ōyamatsumi-no-Mikoto [1] |
Location | |
Geographic coordinates | 34°43′07″N 135°15′36″E / 34.7187453°N 135.260127°E |
Glossary of Shinto |
Moto-Sumiyoshi Shrine (本住吉神社, Motosumiyoshi Jinja) is a Japanese Shinto shrine in Higashinada ward, Kobe. [2] It is one of the biggest shrines in western Kobe. It is next to Sumiyoshi Station. There is documentary evidence that the shrine has existed since the 13th century. [3]
Moto-Sumiyoshi Shrine holds a danjiri festival annually in May. [4] Portable shrines are wheeled through neighborhoods around the shrine by teams of about 50 people.
It is insisted by the Shrine in its "Chronicle of Moto-Sumiyoshi Shrine" (2000), based on Kojiki-den written by Motoori Norinaga, that the head of Sumiyoshi Shrine originally moved from this Shrine to Sumiyoshi Taisha because Moto-Sumiyoshi Shrine has "Moto-" which means "the Head". [5] [6]