Dewa Province Ichinomiya
Chokaizan Omonoimi Jinja (Fukura Kuchinomiya)
鳥海山大物忌神社（吹浦口之宮）
Chokaizan Omonoimi Jinja (Fukura Kuchinomiya) is the ichinomiya — the leading shrine — of the former Dewa Province, in present-day Yamagata. It has a car park (about 30 spaces); the sources we checked do not give a fee. Opening hours end at 17:00 (shrine office). Without a car, a local tourism body gives 1 route from a station (on foot), one of them a walk of 7 min; the station names are listed below. Its principal annual festival (reisai) falls on May 4–5 every year. We found 8 entries for the shrine in Japan’s national database of designated cultural properties. The nearest other ichinomiya is Komagata Jinja, 109 km to the east in a straight line.
Getting there
山形県飽海郡遊佐町吹浦字布倉1
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
- Derived from the address down to the street number, via Japan's national mapping agency. Not a survey of the hall itself
- Address
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By train and bus
- From 吹浦駅JR羽越本線
- On foot, 7 min.
The source, word for word (bus stop names included):
JR 羽越本線「吹浦駅」から徒歩7分
Taken from a local tourism body (鳥海山大物忌神社｜遊佐鳥海観光協会, 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 30 spaces); the sources we checked do not give a fee.
駐車場30台（山形県公式観光サイト「やまがたへの旅」）。料金についての記載はなく未確認。アクセスは「JR吹浦駅から車で3分」「日本海東北自動車道 酒田みなとICから車で25分」。
The note above is in Japanese; it usually records dates when the car park is closed, and the fee.
Shrine office hours
Opening hours end at 17:00 (shrine office).
The full note from the source, in Japanese:
9:00-12:00／13:00-17:00（12:00〜13:00は昼休業）
Closing times of every ichinomiya, earliest first →
Visiting the 2 ichinomiya in Yamagata in one day? Work out an order that reaches each office before it closes →
History in brief
- Founding
- According to the shrine's tradition, it was founded in the 25th year of Emperor Kinmei's reign.
- Name
- In medieval times it was served by Buddhist monks as Chokaisan Daigongen; in 1870, with the separation of Shinto and Buddhism, it returned to the name Omonoimi Jinja.
- History
- Warriors revered it: Hachiman Taro Yoshiie prayed for victory, and the Kamakura shogunate and Shonai domain lords repaired its buildings.
- History
- A document handwritten by Kitabatake Akinobu records his donation of land to the Fukura shrine, then called Ichinomiya Ryosho Daibosatsu.
Summarised from the shrine's own website (御祭神｜鳥海山大物忌神社, checked 2026-10-08). Traditions are given as the shrine tells them, not as established history.
Enshrined deities
- Omonoimi-no-Okami 大物忌大神 2 ichinomiya enshrine this deity →
- Tsukiyama-no-Kami 月山神
Yamagata Prefecture's tourism site gives the deities of the Fukura shrine as Ōmonoimi-no-Ōkami and Tsukiyama-no-Kami.
Our English summary of the Japanese description. Spelling as given by the prefectural shrine office or local authority.
Goshuin (shrine seal)
- Available
- Yes
- Hours
- 9:00-12:00／13:00-17:00
Nationally designated cultural properties
- 鳥海山大物忌神社文書
- Important Cultural Property
- 吹浦延年
- Intangible Folk Cultural Property selected for recording (folk performing arts)
- 鳥海山大物忌神社吹浦口ノ宮下拝殿
- Registered Tangible Cultural Property (religious building)
- 鳥海山大物忌神社吹浦口ノ宮中門及び廻廊
- Registered Tangible Cultural Property (religious building)
- 鳥海山大物忌神社吹浦口ノ宮後神門及び玉垣
- Registered Tangible Cultural Property (religious building)
- 鳥海山大物忌神社吹浦口ノ宮拝殿及び登廊
- Registered Tangible Cultural Property (religious building)
- 鳥海山大物忌神社吹浦口ノ宮摂社月山神社本殿
- Registered Tangible Cultural Property (religious building)
- 鳥海山大物忌神社吹浦口ノ宮本殿
- Registered Tangible Cultural Property (religious building)
Source: the national register. All of them together →
Festivals
- Principal annual festival
-
5月4日・5日 吹浦口の宮例大祭
source
Other festivals and rituals
- 鳥海山夏山開祭
- 7月1日
- 鳥海山火合せ神事
- 7月14日
- 月山神社祭（玉酒神事）
- 7月15日
- 五日堂大祈祷（五毅の占）
- 1月5日
- 人形供養祭
- 3月第1日曜
Nearest ichinomiya
The closest is Komagata Jinja, about 109 km to the east in a straight line, the ichinomiya of Rikuchu Province. After that come Shiwahiko Shiogama Jinja (129 km south-east) and Iwakiyama Jinja (177 km north).
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
Listed by the pilgrimage association
It appears on the map published by the Ichinomiya Pilgrimage Association. We have not yet checked other primary sources.
- 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 Dewa Province page.
Historical rank
- Province
- Dewa Province (Tōsandō)
- Prefecture
- Yamagata
- Engishiki (927)
- Myōjin Taisha
- Former state rank (1871–1946)
- Kokuhei Chūsha
Sources
- https://yamagatakanko.com/attractions/detail_1396.html (checked 2026-09-09)
- https://www.yuzachokai.jp/spot/chokaisanomonoimijinja/ (checked 2026-09-09)
- https://oomonoimijinja.verse.jp/gosaijin.html (checked 2026-09-10)
How we handle spellings, festival selection, former ranks and map accuracy is set out once on the About page.