Tajima Province Claimant (ronsha)
Awaga Jinja
粟鹿神社
Awaga Jinja is one of the shrines claimed as the ichinomiya — the leading shrine — of the former Tajima Province, in present-day Hyogo. It has a car park (about 60 spaces), free. Without a car, the prefectural shrine association gives 2 routes from a station (by taxi); the station names are listed below. Its principal annual festival (reisai) falls on October 17 every year. The nearest other ichinomiya is Izushi Jinja, 20 km to the north in a straight line.
Getting there
兵庫県朝来市山東町粟鹿 2152
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
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- Coordinates
- From OpenStreetMap, as 粟鹿神社. Not checked on the ground
- Address
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By train and bus
- From 梁瀬駅JR山陰本線
- By taxi.
- From 和田山駅JR山陰本線
- By taxi.
The source, word for word (bus stop names included):
◆JR山陰本線「梁瀬駅」よりタクシー10分。(梁瀬駅はタクシー常駐せず。要電話連絡)◆JR山陰本線「和田山駅」よりタクシー20分。
Taken from the prefectural shrine association (兵庫県神社庁「粟鹿神社」, checked 2026-10-08). Station and stop names stay in Japanese so you can match them to signs. Fares and timetables are not given — they change.
Parking
It has a car park (about 60 spaces), free.
台数は出典で不一致（兵庫県神社庁60台／あさごツーリズムビューロー45台）
The note above is in Japanese; it usually records dates when the car park is closed, and the fee.
Visiting the 4 ichinomiya in Hyogo in one day? Work out an order that reaches each office before it closes →
History in brief
- History
- A copy of the Awaga Daimyojin Genki (708), recording the deities and successive chief priests, survives and is held by the Imperial Household Agency.
Summarised from the prefectural shrine association (兵庫県神社庁 粟鹿神社, checked 2026-10-08). Traditions are given as the shrine tells them, not as established history.
Enshrined deities
- Hikoimasu-no-Mikoto 日子坐王
The prefectural shrine association calls Awaga Jinja the oldest shrine in Tajima, whose deity is called a god of developing the land.
Our English summary of the Japanese description. Spelling as given by the prefectural shrine office or local authority.
Festivals
- Principal annual festival
-
10月17日 例祭
source
Other festivals and rituals
- 瓶子渡し
- 10月17日
Nearest ichinomiya
The closest is Izushi Jinja, about 20 km to the north in a straight line, in the same province. After that come Iwa Jinja (37 km south-west) and Kono Jinja (41 km north-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.
The Asago Tourism Bureau says it is “a myōjin taisha under the Engishiki, and the ichinomiya of Tajima”. The Tajima Furusato-zukuri Association, however, writes in the past tense that it “was at one time called the ichinomiya of Tajima Province”, so public bodies do not word it the same way.
- https://asago-kanko.com/spot/9634 (checked 2026-09-09)
- https://the-tajima.com/spot/40/ (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 Tajima Province page.
Historical rank
- Province
- Tajima Province (San'indō)
- Prefecture
- Hyogo
- Engishiki (927)
- Myōjin Taisha
- Former state rank (1871–1946)
- Kensha
Sources
- https://asago-kanko.com/spot/9634 (checked 2026-09-09)
- https://the-tajima.com/spot/40/ (checked 2026-09-09)
- https://www.hyogo-jinjacho.com/data/6325071.html (checked 2026-09-09)
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