Kawachi Province Ichinomiya
Hiraoka Jinja
枚岡神社
Hiraoka Jinja is the ichinomiya — the leading shrine — of the former Kawachi Province, in present-day Osaka. It has a car park (about 40 spaces); the sources we checked do not give a fee. Opening hours end at 15:30 (prayer-rite desk). Without a car, the shrine's own website gives 1 route from a station (on foot); the station names are listed below. Its principal annual festival (reisai) falls on February 1 every year. The nearest other ichinomiya is Ikasuri Jinja, 14 km to the west in a straight line.
Getting there
大阪府東大阪市出雲井町7-16
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 枚岡駅近鉄奈良線
- On foot.
The source, word for word (bus stop names included):
近鉄奈良線枚岡駅下車すぐ(普通電車のみ停車: 時間帯により区間準急も停車)大阪なんばから約30分
Taken from the shrine's own website (アクセス（枚岡神社公式）, 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 40 spaces); the sources we checked do not give a fee.
This routes you to the car park, not to the hall. From this car park to the hall is about 70 m in a straight line (the walk is longer).
約40台のタイムズ駐車場（公式）。料金は公式に書かれていない。ご祈祷を受ける場合は受付で駐車したことを伝える（公式）
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 15:30 (prayer-rite desk).
The full note from the source, in Japanese:
御祈祷受付 9:00-15:30（予約不要・随時）。授与所そのものの時間は公式に記載なし
Closing times of every ichinomiya, earliest first →
Visiting the 5 ichinomiya in Osaka in one day? Work out an order that reaches each office before it closes →
History in brief
- Founding
- According to tradition, during Emperor Jinmu's eastern campaign Ame-no-Taneko-no-Mikoto enshrined two deities on Kamitsudake to pray for pacifying the land.
- Moved
- It is said that on the 16th day of the 9th month of Hakuchi 1 (650), the Hiraoka-no-Muraji and others moved it to its present site at the foot of the mountain.
- Name
- It was formerly also called Hiraoka-sha, Hiraoka Daimyōjin and similar names.
- Buildings
- The main sanctuary was built in 1605 (Keichō 10), with Kuwayama Shigemasa as commissioner.
Summarised from the shrine's own website (由緒｜枚岡神社, checked 2026-10-08). Traditions are given as the shrine tells them, not as established history.
Enshrined deities
- Amenokoyane-no-Mikoto 天児屋根命 2 ichinomiya enshrine this deity →
- Himemi-Kami 比売御神
- Takemikazuchi-no-Mikoto 武甕槌命 3 ichinomiya enshrine this deity →
- Futsunushi-no-Kami 経津主命 4 ichinomiya enshrine this deity →
According to the shrine, Amenokoyane-no-Mikoto and Himegami were first enshrined on Mount Kōzu at the time of Emperor Jinmu's eastern expedition.
Our English summary of the Japanese description. Spelling as given by the shrine's own website.
Festivals
- Principal annual festival
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2月1日 例祭
source
Other festivals and rituals
- 秋郷祭
- 10月15日
- 注連縄掛神事
- 12月23日
- 粥占神事
- 1月15日
- 枚岡燈明祭
- 8月第4日曜日
- 平國祭
- 5月21日
Nearest ichinomiya
The closest is Ikasuri Jinja, about 14 km to the west in a straight line, the ichinomiya of Settsu Province. After that come Sumiyoshi Taisha (16 km south-west) and Katano Jinja (19 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
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 city of Higashi-Osaka says it is “an old shrine, listed in the register of deities of the Engishiki, that takes pride in being the ichinomiya of Kawachi Province.”
- https://www.city.higashiosaka.lg.jp/0000007197.html (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 Kawachi Province page.
Historical rank
- Province
- Kawachi Province (Kinai)
- Prefecture
- Osaka
- Engishiki (927)
- Myōjin Taisha
- Former state rank (1871–1946)
- Kanpei Taisha
Sources
- https://www.city.higashiosaka.lg.jp/0000007197.html (checked 2026-09-09)
- http://hiraoka-jinja.org/history/index.html (checked 2026-09-10)
- http://hiraoka-jinja.org/prayers/index.html (checked 2026-10-01)
- http://hiraoka-jinja.org/access/index.html (checked 2026-10-15)
How we handle spellings, festival selection, former ranks and map accuracy is set out once on the About page.