Iki Province Ichinomiya
Amenotanagao Jinja
天手長男神社
Amenotanagao Jinja is the ichinomiya — the leading shrine — of the former Iki Province, in present-day Nagasaki. It has a car park; the sources we checked give neither its size nor a fee. Its principal annual festival (reisai) falls on October 16 every year. The nearest other ichinomiya is Oki Jinja, 2.8 km to the east in a straight line.
Getting there
長崎県壱岐市郷ノ浦町田中触 730
This shrine is on an island
It is on Iki and can only be reached by boat or plane. Ports, operators and crossing times →
The address is given in Japanese on purpose. Show it to a taxi driver, or copy it into a car navigation system — an English transliteration will not be recognised.
For a car navigation system
- Phone
- Japanese car navigation searches by phone number. This is the fastest way to enter a destination.
- Coordinates
- From OpenStreetMap, as 天手長男神社. Not checked on the ground
- Address
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By train and bus
The primary sources we checked describe the way here only by car, not by public transport.
Parking
It has a car park; the sources we checked give neither its size nor a fee.
公式の観光情報に「駐車場 あり」とあります。台数・料金・位置の記載はありません。
The note above is in Japanese; it usually records dates when the car park is closed, and the fee.
Shrine office hours
常駐の社務所はない
Enshrined deities
- Masakaakatsukachihayahiamenoshihomimi-no-Mikoto 天忍穂耳尊 4 ichinomiya enshrine this deity →
- Amenotajikarao-no-Mikoto 天手力男命 4 ichinomiya enshrine this deity →
- Uzume-no-Mikoto 天鈿女命 3 ichinomiya enshrine this deity →
Spelling as given by the prefectural shrine office or local authority.
Goshuin (shrine seal)
- Available
- Yes
- Offering
- ¥300
Festivals
- Principal annual festival
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10月16日 例祭
source
Other festivals and rituals
- 例祭 神幸・大神楽
- 新10月13日
- 春祭 大神楽
- 新4月第3日曜
- 神迎祭 大神楽
- 新12月16日
Nearest ichinomiya
The closest is Oki Jinja, about 2.8 km to the east in a straight line, in the same province. After that come Izuhara Hachimangu (62 km north-west) and Sumiyoshi Jinja (Chikuzen) (69 km east).
Straight-line distances between the shrines, not road distances. Across mountains or water, the drive is much longer.
Why this shrine is called an ichinomiya
Documented by a public source
A public body — the city, the prefecture, or the prefectural shrine office — describes this shrine as the ichinomiya of its province.
Listed on the map published by the Ichinomiya Pilgrimage Association.
Iki Kankō Navi (the official tourism site of Iki City) and Nagasaki Prefecture’s official tourism site both call it “the ichinomiya of Iki (Province)”. Its seated stone statue of Miroku Nyorai bears an inscription dated Enkyū 2 (1070) and is a nationally designated Important Cultural Property.
- https://www.ikikankou.com/spot/10206 (checked 2026-09-09)
- https://www.nagasaki-tabinet.com/guide/100304 (checked 2026-09-09)
- 全国一の宮巡拝会『全国一の宮神社所在地』（平成30年5月・改訂版 第4版） (checked 2026-09-09)
More on how the shrines of this province relate to one another is on the Iki Province page.
Historical rank
- Province
- Iki Province (Saikaidō)
- Prefecture
- Nagasaki
- Engishiki (927)
- Shōsha
- Former state rank (1871–1946)
- Sonsha
Sources
- https://www.ikikankou.com/spot/10206 (checked 2026-09-09)
- https://www.nagasaki-tabinet.com/guide/100304 (checked 2026-09-09)
- https://www.nagasaki-jinjacho.or.jp/search-iki.html (checked 2026-09-10)
How we handle spellings, festival selection, former ranks and map accuracy is set out once on the About page.